Reversi (2024)

Interesting facts

Reversi is a 2024 Malaysian romantic science fiction tragedy film directed and produced by Adrian Teh, who wrote the screenplay with Nazifdin Nasrudin. Starring Beto Kusyairy, Shiqin Kamal, Hasnul Rahmat, Vanida Imran, Azhan Rani, Zahiril Adzim and Qi Razali, the film tells the story of a husband's undying love for his wife and son, who tries his best to right his past wrongs for a better future.

Production

Reversi was directed by Adrian Teh, a Penang-born director best known for his directorial works like Lelio Popo (2010), King of Mahjong (2015), PASKAL: The Movie (2018) and MALBATT: Misi Bakara (2023). Teh began writing the film's screenplay in 2015 and according to him, it was written very much longer than PASKAL. After MALBATT was released, Teh decided to take a break from making action films and explored other genres.

The film's screenplay was fully completed in 2023. Teh also revamp the script as he wanted a completely different storyline, unlike any other time travel films. He then approach director, Nik Amir Mustapha as he was impressed with the latter's work in 2022 science fiction film, Imaginur, which also starring Beto Kusyairy. Nik Amir, however, withdrew due to his schedulling conflicts.

Beto was chosen to play Akid. After a long discussion with Teh, he agreed to took the role after reading the script and acknowledged that Reversi was intended to tackling contemporary issues. For the character, Teh puts two conditions in Akid's story: "First, he can only return to the past after 18 years and the second, he had to endure the impact of his own act".

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