Ubudlelwane phakathi kwe-cinema kunye noncwadi lwalungasoloko lulolona lubalaseleyo. Uninzi lweenoveli ezinkulu eziye zaziswa kamva kwiscreen esikhulu, azizange zihambelane nokulungelelaniswa kwazo. Umzekelo omhle unokuba "Igama leRose" ngu-Humberto Eco, eyenziwa kwifilimu nguJean Jacques Arnoud ngo-1986, yayiyi-fiasco xa kuthelekiswa nencwadi.
Ngoku, kwaye emva kweminyaka emininzi yamahemuhemu, ekugqibeleni umdlali kunye nomqondisi U-Laurence Fishburne ubhengeze ukuba inoveli ethi "I-Alchemist" nguPaulo Coelho waseBrazil iya kuba nenguqulelo yayo yefilimu. UFishburne uya kuqondisa kwaye uphinde wabhala kwakhona iskripthi.
"I-Alchemist" yapapashwa ngo-1988 kwaye ithengise iikopi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-40. Le ncwadi ibalisa ngomfana osemtsha onqwenela ukufumana ubutyebi obufihliweyo kwiiphiramidi zaseYiputa. Ibali liphefumlelwe kakhulu ngu "Siddhartha", inoveli kaHermann Hesse, nangona ineziphumo eziphantsi.