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My Life in Ruins
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Donald Petrie
Written by
Mike Reiss
Produced by
Michelle Chydzik Sowa
Nathalie Marciano
Starring
Nia Vardalos
Richard Dreyfuss
María Adánez
Sheila Bernette
María Botto
Rachel Dratch
Alexis Georgoulis
Ralph Nossek
Bernice Stegers
Harland Williams
Cinematography
José Luis Alcaine
Edited by
Patrick J. Don Vito
Music by
David Newman
Production companies
26 Films
Kanzaman Productions
Distributed by
Fox Searchlight Pictures (United States)
Hollywood Entertainment (Greece)
Vértice Cine (Spain)
Release dates
May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03) (Tribeca)
May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07) (Greece)
June 5, 2009 (2009-06-05) (United States)
August 7, 2009 (2009-08-07) (Spain)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
United States
Greece
Spain
Languages
English
Greek
Budget
$17 million[1]
Box office
$20.5 million[2]
My Life in Ruins (released as Driving Aphrodite in the United Kingdom) is a 2009 romantic-comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams and Alistair McGowan. Set among the ruins of ancient Greece, the film follows a tour guide whose life takes a personal detour, while her group gets entangled in comic situations among the ruins, with a series of unexpected stops along the way. The film was released on May 7, 2009, in Greece[3] and on June 5, 2009, in the United States.[4]
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