Based on the best selling book under the same title. But the book author prefers the script writing to the creativity of Maruska Bath.
On the contrary of the novel, there are many differences between the book and the movie, including the relationship between Jessica and Mischa, the showdown, and also few characters elimination.
The novel was offered to be adapted to movie by an undisclosed well-known Indonesia director after a month release, but the author already signed with Conquest Pictures.
The director decided to bail off the project after lots of principles differences and ideas executions between him and the producer team.
The director only supervise on the first cut of the movie. After that, the editing and post production was done by the producer team, including major plots and storytelling to make the movie more commercialized.