Dear Nathan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Indra Gunawan
Screenplay by	Bagus Bramanti Gea Rexy
Based on	Dear Nathan by Erisca Febriani
Produced by	Gope T. Samtani
Starring	Amanda Rawles Jefri Nichol Surya Saputra Rayn Wijaya Diandra Agatha Beby Tsabina Denira Wiraguna Adi Virsa Prayudi
Cinematography	Ivan Anwal Pane
Edited by	Ryan Purwoko
Music by	Andhika Triyadi
Production company	Rapi Films
Release dates	23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) (Indonesia) 3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) (Netflix)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Indonesia
Language	Indonesian
Box office	Rp26 billion

Dear Nathan is an Indonesian coming of age romantic drama film which was released on 23 March 2017 and directed by Indra Gunawan. It stars Amanda Rawles and Jefri Nichol. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Erisca Febriani. The film was followed by sequels Dear Nathan: Hello Salma (2018) and Dear Nathan: Thank You Salma (2022).

Plot

Salma is a student who just transferred to Garuda High School. On her first day, Salma, who is known as a disciplined student, was late for school. This incident made him acquainted with Nathan, a student who is known to be naughty, delinquent, and likes to fight.

At first, Salma, who was quite selective in making friends, chose to stay away from Nathan. But Nathan actually openly showed his attitude that he liked Salma and did various things to be with Salma.

Seeing all the things Nathan did, Salma's heart, which was initially indifferent, slowly melted. In addition, Nathan and Salma often met on various occasions. Gradually, Salma, who is known as a diligent and active student in the organization, falls in love with Nathan, who has a very opposite personality to himself.

Salma started trying to change Nathan for the better. For Salma's sake, Nathan was determined to change his bad character and behavior. They started going through high school courtship.

However, Salma and Nathan's relationship also faces many problems, starting from Nathan's ex-girlfriend who still loves Nathan to Nathan's past and problems with his family. Their relationship was marked by on and off events, until one day Salma was really determined to leave Nathan after catching Nathan with his ex-boyfriend at home.

Besides his troubled relationship with Salma, Nathan also has quite complicated family problems. His mother had a mental disorder since Nathan's twin brother, Daniel, died in a fight involving Nathan several years ago. In fact, Daniel was their mother's favorite child because he was a good and obedient child.

Since then, his mother had to be treated in a mental hospital. Every time Nathan came to visit, his mother always thought that Nathan was Daniel. Even though he was sad, Nathan still pretended to be Daniel so he could still meet his mother, because his mother really hated Nathan, who she thought was the reason why Daniel was killed.

On the other hand, Nathan's father chose to leave their family and remarry to another woman. With all the family problems and Salma leaving him, Nathan is getting worse. He even chose to leave home and skip school for days.

Salma, who finally knew all of these things, now understood the things that made Nathan often behave badly at school. In the end, Salma, who still loves Nathan, tries to help Nathan deal with his difficult times.

With Salma's support, Nathan tries to change the bad relationship he has with his family so far. Nathan also tries to make peace with his past and feelings of guilt towards his mother and twins. After going through all that, Nathan and Salma finally tried to come back and accept each other.^[1]

Cast

Release

Dear Nathan was theatrically released in Indonesia on 23 March 2017.^[2] The film's trailer premiered on 7 January 2017.^[3] The film was also released through the streaming service Netflix in selected countries on 3 September 2020.^[4]

Accolades

References

External links

• Dear Nathan at IMDb
• Dear Nathan on Netflix