Alexandria (film)

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Alexandria
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Alexandria DVD cover
Directed byOdy C. Harahap
Written by Salman Aristo
Produced byRexinema
Starring Marcel Chandrawinata, Julie Estelle, Fachri Albar
Distributed byRexinema
Release date
  • November 2005 (2005-11)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndonesia
LanguageIndonesian

Alexandria is a 2005 Indonesian film, featuring a soundtrack album by Indonesian pop rock band Peterpan [1] [2] and considered as the best selling soundtrack album in Indonesia with 1,3 million copies being sold.

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Plot

Bagas (Marcel Chandrawinata) has a crush on his neighbor and childhood friend, Alexandria (Julie Estelle), but he is unable to express it. Things change when Bagas realizes that his best friend, Rafi (Fachri Albar), is also pursuing Alexandria, and that she may like him as well.

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