My Life in Ruins

Jun 5, 2009

1h 35m

★ 6.1

The most fun you can have without a passport.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Searchlight Pictures

26 Films

My Life in Ruins Trailers

Cast

Georgia Ianakopolis

Nia Vardalos

Irv Gideon

Richard Dreyfuss

Poupi Kakas

Alexis Georgoulis

Nico

Alistair McGowan

Big Al Sawchuck

Harland Williams

Kim

Rachel Dratch

Dr. Elizabeth Tullen

Caroline Goodall

Mr. Stewart Tullen

Ian Ogilvy

Caitlin

Sophie Stuckey

Lala Cruz

María Botto

Lena

María Adánez

Marc

Brian Palermo

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