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een flick Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? (AADC) (What’s up with Cinta?) was a hit when it first appeared on cinema screens a decade ago and its impact remains strong — not only on the movie industry but also on the now grown-up fans.

Annisa Yuliani, 27, from Bandung in West Java, rounded up old classmates that she hadn’t seen for three years just to watch a rerun of the film at Blok M Plaza, South Jakarta. The reunion was deemed a great success.

North Jakarta resident Diana Putri, central Jakarta local Maria Ken Priscilla and Tantriana Yahya, who is studying for a masters degree in Singapore gathered on Friday to watch the movie as they did a decade ago.

“It feels like yesterday when we went together to [first] see the movie. But at the time, we had to endure a long queue just to get the tickets,” Annisa said.

“I came all the way from Singapore to meet my girlfriends and watch my favorite movie,” Tantriana said. “It is a special occasion, so I don’t mind rearranging my schedule.”

The movie’s producers, Mira Lesmana and Riri Riza, decided to organize a small celebration by screening the movie for only four days at the cinema, five times a day, ending Sunday.

Information about the screenings spread online via Twitter.

As teenagers in 2002, Annisa and her friends were captivated by AADC, which was Indonesian’s most popular film before Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warriors) came along six years later, particularly by the tight friendships between the girls in the film.

“We were just like Cinta and her best friends. We spent a lot of time together and supported each other’s passions,” Annisa said, citing the strong bond between the film’s main female character, played by Dian Sastrowardoyo, and her four best friends.

Diana said that all of the girls were dying to meet someone like Rangga, the lead male character played by Nicholas Saputra, who they considered insanely handsome, edgy and smart. “Unfortunately, there was no one like him in our school,” she said before laughing.

They graduated in 2003, a year after the release of the film. Life went on and they each chased their individual passions.

No longer crazed about the teen romance, Maria said that the group could still easily remember some of the movie’s popular quotes. “The quotes are just so great, we still use some of them today,” she said.

The celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the film’s release has reignited people’s love for the movie.

Miles Production has launched a trivia quiz via its Twitter account, handing out free tickets for limited screenings with the movie stars on Wednesday.

Some questions were simply out of the ordinary, such as “What was the brand of Rangga’s backpack?” and “Who appeared as Cinta’s brother?”. Yet, die-hard fans got the answers right. The film’s director Rudi Sudjarwo played a cameo role as Cinta’s older brother — appearing in a photo frame in Cinta’s room.

The brand of Rangga’s backpack, by the way, was Oakley. (lfr)