My Life in Ruins
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A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to the wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2009-06-05
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: Mike Reiss
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Original title: My Life in Ruins
Production Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, 26 Films
Production Countries: Greece, United States of America
Cast
Nia Vardalos
Richard Dreyfuss
Alexis Georgoulis
Alistair McGowan
Harland Williams
Rachel Dratch
Caroline Goodall
Ian Ogilvy
Sophie Stuckey
María Botto
María Adánez
Brian Palermo
Jareb Dauplaise
Simon Gleeson
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