Film

Mighty Aphrodite

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

6.7

1h 35m

1995

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

Synopsis

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.

Director

Woody Allen

Trailer

ComedyRomance

prostituteadoptionadoptive fatherchild prodigychildlessnesslooking for birth parentsporn staradoptive motherillegal prostitutionpygmalionkidsadopted son