My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos. The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Fatone. It follows a young Greek-American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
Plot
Thirty-year-old Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos is a member of a large, loud, intrusive Greek family that only wants her to get married and have children. Frumpy and meek, she works in her family's Chicago restaurant, "Dancing Zorba's", but longs to do something more with her life. While working one day, a school teacher named Ian Miller comes into the restaurant, and Toula develops a crush on him. That evening, Toula tells her parents that she wants to go to college to learn about computers, but her father, Gus, becomes emotional, claiming Toula wants to leave him. Her mother, Maria, comforts Toula and convinces Gus to agree to Toula's idea.
Awards
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| author | Nia Vardalos |
|---|---|
| award | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q111908082 |
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Joel Zwick |
| editor | Mia Goldman |
| events | family Greek American intercultural marriage romance |
| genre | comedy romance |
| keywords | church claim contact lens date even family dinner family friend greek orthodox church kiss married newlywed parking lot plan school teacher wedding reception |
| musicBy | Chris Wilson |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay European Film Award for Best Non-European Film |
| producer | Gary Goetzman Rita Wilson Tom Hanks |
| productionCompany | Gold Circle Films HBO Films MPH Entertainment Playtone |
| publisher | Equinox Films IFC Films |
| recordedAt | Cabbagetown Toronto |
| theme | dance independent romantic comedy |