Indo Film – Adinda Thomas’ name went viral for starring in the Indonesian film with the highest number of viewers in April 2022, namely “KKN in the Dancing Village”. If in the film “KKN di Desa Penari” Adinda Thomas played Widya, then in the film “Child Catcher Ghosts”, she played Gita.
The film produced by MNC Pictures is an adaptation of Asma Nadia’s writing of the same title. Uniquely, although there is an element of horror contained in the title, this film does not smell of horror at all.
Horror Title but Not Horror Movie
As the director, Jose Purnomo said. This film is about a child-friendly adventure story. The main player in this film can be said to be a brave boy who has a mission to solve all the mysteries in the village.
Jose Purnomo hopes that this film can open up children’s perspectives and provide a different spectacle. Full of exciting challenges, this film is suitable for accompanying family get-togethers.
“I hope Indonesian children will like this film and make it a new spectacle,” said Jose Purnomo at a press conference during the Children’s Film Thanksgiving for Ghost Catchers on June 2, 2022.
In this latest MNC Pictures film, Adinda Thomas is again trusted to play one of the most important roles. As Gita, Adinda Thomas must begin to understand how Dinda’s character is.
Adinda Thomas plays the character of the Gita, a Javanese girl
The owner, whose real name is Adinda Noviana Sari N. Thomas, is happy to be a part of a film that has a unique story and a new genre for children. It’s no less exciting when watched by adults.
Because Adinda Thomas had to shoot again in a village where most of the population spoke Javanese. Even though it’s not as scary as the previous film, the film “Anak Catcher Ghost” is expected to still surprise the audience.
This film will also be set in the East Java area, precisely in Banyuwangi. The reason for choosing this area is because several film scenes take place on a river, while Banyuwangi has the beauty of rivers, lakes, and forests.
“The city of Banyuwangi can provide everything and not be too exposed. There are also many forests and tall trees,” explained Jose Purnomo.
The figure of Adinda Thomas herself is lined up as a girl from Banyuwangi, East Java who is studying in Jakarta. Gita’s background is a girl who has problems related to ghosts because some people are missing in her village.
Synopsis of the film “Son of a Ghost Catcher”
People around believe that they are disturbed by ghosts, starting from the incident, Gita tries to find the help of ghost catchers to solve problems in her village.
“Gita asked the Ghost Catcher Child for help to help her solve problems in her village. When they have started their mission, that’s where many adventures arise. There are ups and downs, there are also challenges,” said Adinda Thomas at a press conference.
He admitted that the film “Child Catching Ghosts” was fun and he hoped to entertain the audience with the film.
“The film is really exciting. Hopefully the film Anak Catcher Ghost can entertain the audience,” added Adinda Thomas.
In each filming process, usually there are challenges for the artists to really dive into how the characters are presented. There are also those who have to change their physique to match their character in the film.
In accordance with the film’s story, Gita who is a Javanese woman makes Adinda Thomas have to understand how East Javanese female characters are and must master their language.
“I, who is a native Sundanese, must be trained to learn Javanese, this makes me very tense during the reading process because this is three days before filming, later before filming, I will be trained even harder to speak Javanese,” said Adinda Thomas.
The most difficult challenge when learning Javanese is dialecting and adjusting intonation as a typical East Javanese child. The suroboyoan accent, which is louder when spoken, is of course inversely proportional to the Sundanese accent, which is known to be calm.
“To be able to become a Suroboyoan, I really have to have a dialect and use the correct intonation when speaking, how to say ‘e’ and ‘u’, accents like that I really try to give the best for the film ‘Child Catcher Ghosts’. ‘ this,” said Adinda Thomas.
