''Eiffel I'm in Love'' is a 2003 Indonesian teen

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film directed by

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. The film stars Samuel Rizal and

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as the main characters, the film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name by Rachmania Arunita. Other people appearing in the film include Titi Kamal, Helmy Yahya,

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, and Hilda Arifin. The movie won an award for "Most Favorite Movie" and nomination for "Best Movie" at the 2004 MTV Indonesia Movie Awards.

Cast

*Samuel Rizal as Adit **Yole Immanuel (uncredited role) as Young Adit (Extended version only) *

as Tita **Vicka (uncredited role) as Young Tita (Extended version only) *Yogi Finanda as Ergi * Titi Kamal as Intan ( Cameo Guest Star) *

as Reza (Father Adit) *Hilda Arifin as Mother Tita *Helmy Yahya as Father Tita *Tommy Kurniawan as Alan *Saphira Indah as Uni *Rianti Cartwright as Fara

Plot

Based on the book with the same title, it tells the story about a teenage girl, Tita (

), who led a perfect life. She had a lovely family, a patient boyfriend and 2 best friends who are always by her side. However, her mother was overly protective towards her and she is not allowed to go out. Her life completely changes when her parents good friend and his son, Adit (Samuel Rizal), came from

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to stay with them. Tita was supposed to pick both of them from the airport. However, she waited at the wrong terminal and only realized that when Adit accidentally bumped into her and asked her whether she was the one who supposed to picked him and his father up. Adit was very cold to Tita from the start, however, her parents saw him as a reliable man and trust him to take care of their daughter. Things became worse when Adit told Tita that their parents were planning to forcibly match them as a couple.

Extended version

''Eiffel I'm in Love'' has an extended version, which released a year later and reviews the story in this film in more depth.

Album

''Eiffel I'm in Love'' is a soundtrack to the 2003 film of the same name, released in October 24, 2003, by Aquarius Musikindo. The soundtrack features

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as the lead singer, Jimmo, and Yann (a former Koolkynky member). The soundtrack features ten original songs written for the film, as well as "Eiffel I'm in Love"

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composed by Goeslaw.

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Track listing

Additional repackaged songs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 films 2000s Indonesian-language films 2003 romantic comedy films 2000s teen romance films 2000s teen comedy films Films shot in Indonesia Films shot in France Indonesian romantic comedy films Indonesian teen romance films Indonesian teen comedy films Films scored by Melly Goeslaw Films scored by Anto Hoed Films directed by Nasri Cheppy