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My Big Fat Greek Wedding.


My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Lions Gate, 2002). Thirty and single, Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos Nia Vardalos (born September 24 1962) is a Golden Globe-nominated Canadian-American actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and producer. Biography
Personal life
Vardalos, who is of Greek descent, was born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos
) wants to break free of her supportive but smothering smothering

death by asphyxiation. Occurs where poultry are carelessly herded into a corner where they cannot escape and where they are piled four or five birds deep; they will die of asphyxia very quickly. See also crowding.
 Greek family.

Having gotten permission from her father (Michael Constantine Michael Constantine (born 22 May 1927 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American actor.

Born Constantine Joanides, he is the son of Theoharis Joanides and Andromache Foteadou Efstration, immigrants from Greece.
) to go to college and take over her aunt's travel agency, Toula sets her sights on the impossible--marrying the non-Greek Ian (John Corbett) who wanders into her shop.

Toula pretties herself up to win her already smitten smit·ten  
v.
A past participle of smite.


smitten
Verb

a past participle of smite

Adjective

deeply affected by love (for)

Adj. 1.
 beau, but the story's real charm is how she and her family don't surrender their over-the-top ethnicity to please the in-laws. ***
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