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What changed in the movie
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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- ChangeDad got smaller
In the book, Fani's dad is close to her and matters to the story. In the movie he shows up much less.
source ↗ - ChangeMore room for Rô and Pri
In the book, which Fani narrates, Rodrigo and Priscila stay in the background. The movie shows more of their romance and of Rô's friendship with Leo, a nod to readers of Minha Vida Fora de Série.
source ↗ - ChangeLines straight from the page
Much of the dialogue comes straight from the text, and the key scenes appear in full or as flashbacks. Paula Pimenta co-wrote the script with Bruna Horta and was involved in casting and production.
source ↗ - ChangeA song from the wrong decade
The book is set in the 2000s, the era of MSN chats and notes passed in class. The movie keeps that feel in Fani's room and the phones, but ends on Ed Sheeran's "Perfect," from 2017.
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- ReferenceCrossing over with Pri
Beyond book 1, Lado B shows events from Minha Vida Fora de Série 2, set at the same time, from a new angle.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesVolume 2 in Portugal
In Portugal the series came out as A Minha Vida é um Filme, and Lado B was published as volume 2, right after Fani's debut.
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- Behind the scenesWritten in London
Paula Pimenta started writing the series during a year she spent in London, staying with an uncle. That experience of living abroad shows up in Fani's story.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe book the author wants to film
After the movie's success, Paula Pimenta said she'd like to adapt Fani na Terra da Rainha, maybe as a series. Nothing has been announced yet.
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- Behind the scenesThe blog was real
Fani's movie blog really existed online, so readers could visit it.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe friend who got her own series
A year after this book, in 2011, Fani's friend Priscila got her own series, Minha Vida Fora de Série, now five volumes long.
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- Behind the scenesTwo narrators
The book comes in three parts: Fani narrates the first, Leo the second, and the third switches between them. At 608 pages, it's the longest in the series.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom a thousand copies to 750,000
The first book came out in 2008 with a print run of a thousand copies and grew by word of mouth. By 2018 the four books had sold 750,000 copies, and the series got a companion, Os Bastidores da História da Fani.
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