Writer and actress Erin Fede is living out her dream of being a filmmaker. Fede wrote and stars in the new independent movie Esposito, which has screened at the Manhattan and San Antonio Film Festivals, and won Best Narrative Feature at the Puerto Rico International Film Festival. The movie is currently available for distribution and also recently played at the Feel Good Film Festival where Fede was nominated for Best Actress. Esposito was directed by Matt Nunn and executive produced by Michael Vadini, who also appears in the movie along with Fede, Stephan Monteserin, Chris Crutchfield, and Ali Fischer.

Esposito tells the story of Ephraim (Monteserin), an honest young man who makes a living bidding on unwanted units at storage facility auctions to obtain hidden treasures for his uncle’s antique shop. One day Ephraim, along with his pal Julius Von Foust (Crutchfield), wins an auction for a storage unit at Esposito Storage. But once Ephraim looks at the contents inside, he begins to fall in love with the girl whose items he now owns. He soon realizes that the storage unit belonged to Jamie Osbrink (Fede), a funny and attractive young woman who was recently promoted to manager at Esposito. It turns out that her unit was accidentally put on auction by her jerk of a former boss, who was let go from the job and she has now replaced. In order to “do the right thing,” as well as possibly become closer to the woman he has become infatuated with, Ephraim devises a plan to use Jamie’s belongings as leverage to win her heart, without letting her know that he is actually the guy that bought her stuff. Jamie unknowingly hires him to work at Esposito and the two co-workers begin to become close, but when Ephraim finally decides to tell her the truth, he risks loosing Jamie and exposing the lies that their relationship has been built on.

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Enter by: October 15, 2010

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