Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

R09/13/1995Comedy, Romance1h 35m

Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!

Overview

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Woody Allen

    Lenny

  2. Cast 1

    Mira Sorvino

    Linda Ash

  3. Cast 1

    Helena Bonham Carter

    Amanda

  4. Cast 1

    F. Murray Abraham

    Chorleiter

  5. Cast 1

    Donald Symington

    Amanda's Father

  6. Cast 1

    Claire Bloom

    Amanda's Mother

  7. Cast 1

    Olympia Dukakis

    Jocasta

  8. Cast 1

    Michael Rapaport

    Kevin

  9. Cast 1

    David Ogden Stiers

    Laius

**_An older man befriends a kindhearted prostitute_** A Manhattan scriptwriter (Woody Allen) meets the young mother of his adopted boy, a hooker (Mira Sorvino), and tries to help her situation. Meanwhile, his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) is caught up in her ambitious work as a curator of art galleries, not to mention the serious flirting of a colleague (Peter Weller). A Greek chorus occasionally chimes in (F. Murray Abraham, etc.), linking the story to that of Oedipus. “Mighty Aphrodite” (1995) is a quirky comedy set in Manhattan, which is unsurprising with Woody at the helm. The heart o...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$15,000,000.00

Revenue $26,000,000.00

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