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MEET ME IN MIAMI

WORLD PREMIERE OCTOBER 29 TH

20 october 2005

Hollywood, CA - Palm Tree Productions in association with Servant Productions announces the World Premiere of Meet Me In Miami, an international independent film starring Carlos Ponce, Eduardo Verástegui and Tara Leniston. The film will premiere at the Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival (LALIFF) on Saturday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m. at The Egyptian Theatre.

Meet Me In Miami is a romantic comedy about true love and its ability to last, even through years of separation. It stars Ponce as Luis, a young and handsome heir to a hotel fortune who is about to inherit the family business but decides to risk everything to pursue his first love, Julia (Leniston). Ten years earlier, at a wishing well in Miami, young Julia promised a young Luis that someday she would come back, but she never did

Eduardo (Verástegui), Luis’ best friend and self- proclaimed expert on matters of the heart, thinks Luis is crazy, but he still agrees to join Luis on a trip halfway around to world to help his best friend try to find true love. Luis and Eduardo find themselves on a wild and often comedic journey of the heart and an adventure that takes them across the world looking for Julia.

Also starring is Stevie Roberts as Young Luis; Brooke Abbott as Young Julia; Luiji Campa as Young Eduardo; Castulo Guerra as Miguel, Luis’ grandfather and Richard Yniguez as Julio, Luis’ father. Jenny Gago stars as Luis’ mother, Josephina.

Meet Me In Miami is produced by Lisa Abbott, and directed by Eric Hannah and Iren Koster. The original music for the film was written by award-winning composer Misha Segal, who wrote the film’s title song, as well as an additional featured song performed by Carlos Ponce.

Location The Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California.