Read More Than 23 Million Times On Wattpad, The Other Side Adapted Into A Movie

The Other Side

JAKARTA - One of the best-selling novels read on Wattpad, The Other Side was adapted into a feature film. The plan, this film will be released March 17. Novel writer, Alya Ranti admitted that she was enthusiastic about the screening of this film.

"So when this novel was read 13 million times, there were a lot of PH's who contacted me to be adapted into a film. But I haven't found a PH that fits my heart, until I meet with PH Lingkar Film it's a good fit. I was involved in making the screenplay. Lots of discussions for the script and casting. ," said Alya in a virtual press conference, Tuesday, March 1.

Now, the film adaptation has been completed. Alya hopes that the results will be liked by the firefighters. "I was very happy when I was told that it would be a film. When it was announced to readers, they also liked the choice of Lingkar Film. I really like that the Other Side is in good hands," he explained.

According to Alya, the film, also titled The Other Side, was done from the heart. "I hope this film is not only entertaining but also provides learning value," he explained.

The Other Side tells the story of Alea, a 16-year-old teenager who decides to move from Jakarta to Bandung, because she wants to forget her ex, Reynand, who is having an affair with her best friend. Alea goes to Gempita High School. Alea, who wants to keep herself busy so she can forget Reynand, decides to join the student council.

On the first day of student council acceptance, Alea, who was late in rushing to the meeting room, bumped into Revo who was carrying a guitar so that the guitar fell. Alea was silent when she saw Revo. Revo's figure is very similar to his former Reynand. Arya, the student council president who is known to be fierce, is angry with Alea for being late. Arya asked Alea to fulfill the requirements to seek the signature of the vice chairman of the student council as well as the head of the Broadcasting and Music section.

Alea is confident that she can do that, but the other student council members Bella and Vei say that it is very difficult to find the vice president of the student council. Because their student council vice president is the idol of all the girls at Gempita's school.

After a few days Alea couldn't find the whereabouts of the student council vice president, and at that time she always met Revo. They always meet under bad conditions, so it looks like they are both annoyed when they meet. Until a moment where when Alea was sentenced to run and then fainted, Revo helped her.

Alea told Revo that she was looking for the vice chairman of the student council to ask for an autograph. Revo immediately took Alea's book and signed it. Alea was getting annoyed because Revo had just signed. Alea doesn't know that Revo is the person she's looking for. Because the student council field that Alea took was the same as Revo's, Alea often met with Revo.

They are getting closer every day, even though when they meet, Alea always seems annoyed with Revo. But Revo is always there for Alea when Alea is in trouble. Alea and Revo are getting closer. But they are both proud to express their feelings for each other. Alea gets closer to Revo when she helps Revo persuade his mother, Cecil, who is suffering from dissociative amnesia.

Cecil, who initially did not want therapy, since meeting Alea he wanted to join therapy, Revo also began to be honest with his relationship with his father which was very bad because of his father's treatment of his mother, all the problems that Revo faced made Alea feel that Revo needed someone who cared about him, Alea also began to understand a little why Revo grew into a very mysterious figure.

They finally started to spend time going to the hospital every time they came home from school, but Alea and Revo's closeness was slightly disturbed when Reynand, Alea's ex, came to see Alea and asked Alea to come back. Alea still doesn't want to go back to Reynand. But Reynand said he would give Alea time, and Reynand would always wait for Alea if Alea needed her.

The closeness of Alea and Revo is getting more intense as they spend time together after school, Alea begins to forget Reynan and begins to get a new love in her life, until one day a woman appears who breaks her heart, which has just healed, she is Reva's lover who recently returned to Bandung after 6 months in England because the school was busy holding student exchanges.

Alea, who was deliberately introduced by Farrell, felt shaken at that time she could only be silent, after that Alea's nature began to change to Revo, Revo realized that and started to explain but Alea stayed away, Reva who often saw Alea and Revo fighting began to suspect what was happening. happened to them, that's when Reynan re-entered Alea's life giving all sweet words so that Alea returned to his arms. What happens next with Alea and Revo's love story, will Alea return to Reynan's arms, or Revo?

The producer of Lingkar Film explained the reasons for being interested in adapting The Other Side into a film. "Of course, first because it was read by millions of people. After that I saw that I didn't find a single negative comment on this novel. So I hope it will be extraordinary," said Girry Pratama, Producer of Lingkar Film.