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“My Life in Ruins” Premiere

Vardalos with co-star Alexis Georgoulis at the Premiere

My Life in Ruins, produced by Hanks and Wilson’s Playtone, holded its world premiere in Athens two months before it will belaunched in the US. It isĀ  thought to be the first time a Hollywood production backed by industry heavyweights has opened in Greece.

The story is about a Greek tour guide named Georgia who attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for ā€œmojoā€) 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.

In the $20m film, stars Nia Vardalos and Alexis Georgoulis and is co-produced by Nathalie Marciano’s and Michelle Chydzik’s 26 Films, and directed by Donald Petrie (Mystic Pizza, Miss Congeniality, Just My Luck).It was shot partly in Greece in late 2007.The US launch by Fox Searchlight is set for June 5.

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