Ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-cinema nezincwadi bebungahlali bubuhle kakhulu. Amanoveli amaningi amakhulu alethwa kamuva esikrinini esikhulu, awazange ahambisane nokujwayela kwawo. Isibonelo esihle singaba "Igama le-Rose" lika-Humberto Eco, elenziwe ifilimu kaJean Jacques Arnoud ngo-1986, kwakuyi-fiasco uma kuqhathaniswa nencwadi.
Manje, futhi ngemva kweminyaka eminingana yamahemuhemu, ekugcineni umlingisi nomqondisi ULaurence Fishburne umemezele ukuthi inoveli ethi "The Alchemist" kaPaulo Coelho waseBrazil izoba nenguqulo yayo yefilimu. UFishburne uzoqondisa futhi usebhale kabusha umbhalo.
"I-Alchemist" yanyatheliswa ngo-1988 futhi isithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-40. Le ncwadi ixoxa ngendaba yensizwa efisa ukuthola ingcebo efihliwe emibhoshongweni yaseGibhithe. Indaba igqugquzelwe kakhulu ngu "Siddhartha", inoveli kaHermann Hesse, yize inemiphumela ephansi kakhulu.