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i dont know why I like sibling romance this much
i know it's super weird and I don't know any country in the west that make tgis kind of romance. I would be so weirded out if this happened in real life. but in these japanese romance movies it kind of works. It might be because they are so innocent, you never really see them do anything other than hold hands and have awkward hugs. it was a sweet ending to this one as well. however, I actually cheered for the second lead even though I knew he would not be the one she choose in the end. because that is the way it always goes. I found him to be more charming than Toru. well, it was a cute story and I enjoyed watching it. but how stupid is he if he was fooled by a wig and makeup? He claimed to have loved her forever, but still didn't see it was her in other clothes? yes its a movie but gosh he was gullible.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Twisted, disgusting, unsettling. All of the bad words.
I feel like whenever I watch a Sion Sono film I need a few months off to recuperate from the emotional ordeal one often goes through when watching one of his films.This film is everything people said it was. Disgusting and intense with what you are expected to watch as the story unfolds, but I think the main issue with this film is that it is way too front loaded in terms of it's shock value and the imagery it gives to you as more or less as soon as the movie starts. The first ~40 minutes are like a nightmare that won't end, and weirdly enough the rest of the movie is fairly tame in comparison to that first 40 minutes or so. In any other movie the remainder of the film would have been shocking, but in the case it wasn't.
Sion Sono has other films in his filmography that do a much better job of commenting on the depths that human depravity and psyche can go to, this movie feels more like it was made purely for the shock value, which feels silly to say about a Sion Sono film, but one of the captivating things about his movies is there is usually a lot more below the surface. I just didn't feel it with this one.
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La trama empieza bien pero con el paso del tiempo pierde fuerza, te muestran situaciones y personajes que luego no te explican quién son y porque hacen o hicieron ciertas acciones; dejan muchos hilos sueltos... hubiera sido mejor que se centraran en resolver eso en las 2 horas que dura el filme en lugar de agregar todas las escenas 'románticas' de unos protagonistas que tienen química cero de principio a fin, todas las escenas del género se ven muy forzadas e incómodas, no salvo ni una sola, es más, para decirles que siento que les vi más quimica a los actores secundarios que son las parejitas de la fiesta.
Miyazaki Aoi (protagonista) era una de mis favoritas antes de su hiatus pero si este proyecto fue su regreso a las películas... fue muy mediocre. Me gustó la actuación de Yoshizawa Ryo en solitario como el mayordomo y también de la capitana.
Se nota que Sakamoto Yuji (guionista) nomas trabajó por el cheque, vaya manera de decepcionar.
Me quedo con otros trabajos de el como: Omameda Towako (que también reseñé en su tiempo) o Woman.
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Um….what?
It’s cute until he gets off the bus. It could have (and should have) ended there.Three minutes of the limited time is devoted to a psychedelic trip-like PSA from Cupid with all the terrible effects you’d expect from the mid nineties.
Cute tiny kid falls for big kid who roughed him up with his friends and presumably mugged him. Cute tiny kid even recognizes him eventually, dude who didn’t help him. and it ends with him hugging this guy without ever speaking to him. Just…what?
The synopsis is much more adorable than the short. save your thirteen minutes.
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The constant search for happiness and the fight against gay loneliness
With 'Arisan', from 2003, the first Indonesian film with a homosexual theme about the life of an upper-class woman who feels attracted to a young gay executive, other films from that Asian country have delicately touched on the problems that a marginalized community faces.While it is true that homosexuality is not prohibited by law, many members of the Indonesian LGBTIQ+ community remain in the "closet", as it continues to be a taboo in a country where 85 percent of its 220 million inhabitants are Muslims.
Films that have attempted to break myths around homosexuality and explore cultural taboos and social stigma in Indonesia include 'The Sun, The Moon and The Hurricane', which tells the story of Rain and his journey to find and lose happiness, love and the meaning of life. The protagonist, played by William Tjokro, will witness the change of the people around him, as well as the changes that will occur in himself simply to adapt, to survive. Rain will understand that all the events in his life and the people he meets shaped his personality and his destiny.
This brave film is easily identified with its audience through its beautiful and poetic narration. It effectively portrays the ever-changing nature of the human being, his eternal struggle to grow, to find his own happiness while fighting loneliness and facing the expectations of others.
After winning the Best Asian Short Film award at Screen Singapore with 'Red Umbrella' in 2011, Indonesian independent film director Andri Cung returns with his first feature film, from 2014, with which he contributes to the LGBTIQ+ community in its fight for rights queer in Indonesia.
Filmed in Jakarta, Bali and Bangkok with a small budget and no more than 20 crew members, the film, which screened for three consecutive weeks nationwide with Rating R21, successfully delivers its director's inspiring and liberal plot with a happy ending.
In this avant-garde, progressive, unconventional and sincere project that seeks to help change attitudes towards homosexuality in Southeast Asia, the filmmaker once again explores the social norms and taboos of his country. The notions of body image and passion, always from an artistic aesthetic and narrative, orbit the sometimes slow pace of the film.
The film takes us through the existential dilemma of Rain, who, in search of belonging, love, happiness and the meaning of life, pursues human connection in fleeting loves, and faces the inevitability of gay loneliness, this theme controversial in liberal societies. On the other hand, the viewer is immersed in the psychology of internalized shame and homophobia, shaping three-dimensional characters and weaving a fascinating plot.
In 'The Sun, The Moon and The Hurricane' the intention, as much as educating the audience, provoking reflection and perhaps connecting the audience with their personal circumstances, is also to provide a narrative that resonates with their own experiences. .
Its fundamental premise lies in the idea that our lives are a constant process of self-discovery, a journey that never ends. In this march through life, the film selected for its world premiere at the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival advocates commitment to oneself. But in this journey towards authenticity and personal acceptance in the LGBTIQ+ community, support and connection with others is also important.
The film, which was highlighted at the 2016 Indonesia Film Festival and ACMI, Melbourne, Australia, also stars Natalius Chendana as Kris, winner of the Best New Actor award in Indonesia 2013, an actor who had previously worked with Andri Cung on '3SUM'.
Among the film's awards and achievements, the nomination for Best New Director at the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival stands out, being selected to participate in the Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) 2014 and the Jogja NetPac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) 2014. For his part, William Tjokro was nominated for Best New Actor at Piala Maya 2014, while at this same event Andri Cung was nominated in the Best Original Screenplay category.
At 19, and while experiencing a period of self-discovery, Rain is protected by the enigmatic Kris (Natalius Chendana) from bullying by homophobes at the high school they attend. Kris, who is very popular with the girls, will demand Rain's friendship, insist that she spend the night at sleepovers and that she abandon her other friends. “You don't need them. I alone am enough for you.”
However, Kris himself went out at night with a succession of casual girlfriends. Rain, who is coming to terms with being gay, will wait for Kris at his house, going through the drawers to try to discover the personality of his mysterious friend.
When Kris arrives on one of those outings with the girl on duty and kisses a Rain who is pretending to be sleeping, emotions are unleashed. Caught in the act of stealing a kiss, Kris first reacts by expelling Rain from the house, but not before ordering him to never reveal that he desires another man.
After the tempestuous sex scene that ensues, and after sleeping in each other's arms, Kris will leave Rain at her home. As the music in the background pumps as loud as the shame and guilt in her blood, Kris leaves crying, thinking that the time has come to abandon the person she loves so much. Andri Cung's unstable hand-held camera is masterful, as he follows that man inside a car, overflowing with tears of pain and sadness.
Rain, for his part, cannot understand why this young man who loves him and whom he loves abruptly disappears from his life.
Nine years later, Rain seems to have gotten over Kris. Visiting Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, she has a brief but warm and tender sexual experience with Will (Cornelio Sunny). However, he will come to confess to this free-spirited prostitute that it does not matter how many people pass through his life, because he has only had one great love.
Now, 32 years old and with a consolidated career as a filmmaker, he receives a surprising invitation to visit Kris, now unhappily married to Susan (Gesata Stella) and living in Bali. What does Kris really want? Is Rain the only person he's ever loved? The reunion with Kris will lead Rain to make the most difficult decision of his life.
While it is true that the first third of the film is slow-paced and suffers from narrative inertia, it begins to gain momentum after Kris disappears and Rain fully embraces his sexuality. The reason for this cinematographic procedure lies in the necessary accumulation of conflicts for the characters to develop.
The combination of one-liner dialogue, Rain's voice-over narration, raw, shaky camera movements, and close-ups highlight the characters' denial, internal struggles, and discomfort with each other.
The editing by Dwi Agus Purwanto and Mochamad Rizky Pratama, and the songs “The Moon” and “Daylight Dreaming”, by Toper Caesar, contribute to the visuality of the film, and create an impression of dreaminess and peace. Their combination manages to highlight the hope and intimacy shared between the two protagonists.
The sun shines during the day and is always in the shape of a circle. The moon rises at night and its shape appears to change and can sometimes be seen during the day. What are the sun and the moon? How are they similar and how are they different?
As a metaphor for life itself, the film's title alludes to the sunny and hopeful phases, on the one hand, and the dark and stormy phases, on the other, of human existence itself in perfect balance.
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Not Perfect, but Fun Anyways
This was a nice diversion from a cold & windy day. Some of it was a bit "inside" and I wish it wasn't so frantic - it seemed like they were rushed to fit it into the 2 Hr time window. I'd like to have added at least 15 mins to it - so we can see what happens when she regains HER memory. That would be the telling part of their future together as she seemed much angrier with him, hence her excessive drinking. A nice twist would have been for her to tell him at the airport that she never lost her memories, and was pretending to see what happened. (The thing with the earbuds was funny but so frustrating!)I too would like to see them cast together in something where they can develop a relationship in a more coherent way.
I'd give it about 8.8? It was fun and enjoyable. I'd watch it again.
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This show will SUPRISE you! (safe review)
It was most interesting that movie was overall suprising in the end, from beginning it’s almost like it gave you a chance to connect things to certain parts. If your going to watch this expect the unexpected! i was shocked when i found out in the ending what was really REALLY happening. The only thing to pay attention to if your gonna watch this is to look closely about the characters and actors in this Drama not only that I really love the scenery and time it took to make this film very outstanding Cast and acting and Very great story, please consider enjoying this.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Revolution in the field of space archaeology!
Sayonara Jupiter has been my white whale for so long but finally, after so long, today is the day I have finally managed to sit down and watch it and boy is it so much better than its reputation suggests. I'll admit it's no masterpiece with a fair amount that doesn't quite work and is almost comparable to being a retread of Gorath but on a solar level. I will say that Bye-Bye Jupiter as it's also known, as a whole, it's greater than the sum of its parts.In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole.
When Star Wars was released in Japan in 1978, the science fiction boom of Japan well and truly kicked into overdrive. Both Toho and Toei tried to capitalise on the success of this reignited love of science fiction with both producing their own takes on Star Wars, The War in Space and Message from Space respectively. Prior to the production of The War in Space, Toho offered a contract to author Sakyo Komatsu to write a science fiction film. Komatsu had long desired to make a film comparable to 2001: A Space Odyssey, taking further inspiration from NASA's Voyager mission to Jupiter and the outer planets. As such this is the only work of Komatsu that had been designed and destined to be a film from the very beginning.
One could argue that Toho didn't know when to tell Komatsu to stop because the film is brimming with so many ideas that it would be enough for a whole trilogy centred around the concepts presented. Just to rattle off the basic bits you have the solarization project, Jupiter Church unrest, an alien race on Jupiter, a black hole approaching, a dolphin named Jupiter and a battle with a shark. It can sometimes feel overwhelming with the amount of stuff you're expected to follow but while the film may lack a distinct focus to it, Komatsu populates the film with his typical philosophical dialogue and discussion. Being over 2-hours long, it lends the film a sense of epic scale to its storytelling but could have used a lot more focus on one distinct idea to truly rise above what it encapsulates.
The film had originally supposed to have been helmed by Submersion of Japan's director, Shirō Moritani but he tragically died the same year due to stomach cancer. Final directorial duties on the film are divided, with Komatsu being credited as the main director but is more often than not thought to have only been the major creative influence on the project and main duties fell to The Return of Godzilla director Koji Hashimoto in the only other director's credit of his career. While ultimately I feel The Return of Godzilla is the more well-rounded film, Hashimoto doesn't half deliver a visual tour-da-force and possibly one of the best-looking films in Toho's tokusatsu library with Bye-Bye Jupiter.
It manifestly demonstrates the same subtle and unpretentious filmmaking style that was also present in The Return of Godzilla. His beautifully coordinated images, combined with some excellent sound engineering and special effects, turn a third-act shootout into one of the film's most immersive sequences. Better still, we have a thematic element that he would later use brilliantly in The Return of Godzilla: a sense of unity. Even at a basic level, Hashimoto remained a humanist to the end.
Major major kudos need to be thrown towards the goat that is Koichi Kawakita in his first major special effects director credit. The film already benefitted from the work of Koji Hashimoto but add in Kawakita's special effects and the film becomes a whole other breed. It's, for a lack of a better word, simply stunning. They are jaw-dropping even by today's standards of miniature effects, the spaceships are rich with detail and, filmed at the proper camera speed, effectively convey a sense of mass and scale as they drift through the universe. Background mattes and optical effects for the stars and planets similarly look wonderful; so good, in fact, that in the few odd moments where the film decides to use a stock image of the real outer space, Kawakita's manufactured effects, oddly enough, stick out as more dynamic. Let's also not forget about the viscous, unrelenting gusts of different-coloured smoke utilized for a scene where a small ship pilots through the storm clouds of Jupiter.
My other major gripe with the film is the characters who are very thin ranging from robotic to mediocre. There are a few performances in there that try and sell the material but being this is a film predominantly shot by a Japanese crew and nearly half the film is also in English it makes some of the already poor actings in some scenes all the worse. It's a crying shame given this was also Akihiko Hirata's final film before his untimely death, Hirata is definitely one of the better players in the film but is given barely anything to do. Tomokazu Miura as Eiji Honda and Miyuki Ono as Anita give okay performances, they are both clearly trying but there seems to be a lack of understanding with some of the material present.
The other element of the film I quickly want to address is the musical score by Kentaro Haneda, who also composed the utterly divine music to one of Komatsu's other film adaptations, Virus. It's a marvellous creation, alternating between softness and sweeping awe in the background. The songs are just as beautiful but are probably more well-known nowadays for being shamelessly stolen by Hideaki Anno for use in Eva 3.0+1.0.
Overall, Bye-Bye Jupiter while being a relative mess is a thoroughly engaging, visual extravagance with one too many things going on and overly long in places. One or two revisions and this could have been a bonified Toho classic.
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a great watch: rare masterpiece in the genre of true-story BLs
I feel like this movie is criminally underrated. I don't have the words to describe how much I loved this one. It gave me the feels I had with Your Name Engraved Herein, but I smiled even more. It is what you would call a bromantic tragicomedy with a cinematic touch. I would be lying if I said I fully understood what was going on in Blue Lan's head at that time, regarding his feelings for his best friend. I had believed he truly saw him as nothing more than a best friend/brother, but I don't know if I got it wrong after reaching the end of the story. I do know he loved Shiang as much as he loved that girl. That said and done, I was satisfied with that outing on the beach and at the gay bar, and that french kiss!!! I love the charismatic gay teacher too, as well as my favorite transgirl ever and Zheng's supportive love interest.I loved the way this movie portrayed the challenges that come with being bisexual. As a gay 18yo who's swiftly conquering his biphobia/transphobia, this movie shed a deeper light on what bisexuality really is, and what being a transperson really entails, unlike how the world views both cases. So, I could go on and on about this movie, but let me spare your reading.
COMEDY - I would rate this a 10/10. They knew how to incorporate this even after sad scenes. The jokes were realistic and actually funny. Had me pausing and chuckling under bed sheets. That noodles/xxxvideo scene? Bwahahaha!
REALITY - A 9.5/10. Although I find it weird that Shiang could still remain close friends with Zheng after the confession of feelings, it actually happened in real life. I guess shit happens, but I would never do that. Lmao.
ACTING/PLOT - A combined 9.5/10. I did this because the actors were able to convey the plot in an outstanding manner.
All said and done, did Zheng get divorced? Anygays, I hope this movie has won awards! I really want to see it have a viewership revival! I feel bad for the true BL fans who don't know what they've been missing for the past few months!
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Despite its undeniable qualities, story did not grab me mainly because of pacing and editing issues
This movie is about the encounter of two gays men: Kosuke, a fashion editor quite well-off and Ryuta, a younger guy that tries to make ends meet, doing a lot of side jobs...The movie takes its time exploring their budding relationship in the context of Japanese society where gay marriage is still forbiden and overall gay relationships remains marginalised.The premise of the film is interesting but unfortunately it did not manage to grab my attention as I would have wished to. I felt quite detached during most part of the movie and I blame foremost pacing issues about that. Indeed, the movie felt sluggish to me and I truly think it would have benefited from a sharper editing. Despite I truly found the characters and their dynamics super interesting, I also felt that the romance was a bit lacking. The scenario took its time to catch me and it mainly brought up some reflections and feelings to me in its last third.
The acting was very good, especially from Suzuki Ryohei. He was astounishing in his role: he managed to do a lot with just his eyes, making the emotions so real and raw with what his character was going through...Each one of his micro expression as he was suffering was truly gut wrenching and believable. I also felt under the charm of Miyazawa Hio, who makes his character very appealing as well as Agawa Sawako which was pretty good in her role.
There was an indie feeling to this movie with a lot of what felt as experimentative camera movements and angles, it made some shots very engaging but clearly, I wish the filmmaking would have helped the rythm of the plot. The camera work seemed sometimes to slow down a lot on details and I think it is too the detriment of the pace of the story.
I would recommend this movie to people looking for a realistic life BL. It dives into deep topics (much deeper than what the poster would have left presupposed) and it will for sure not leave the viewer indifferent. Despite its qualities, I cannot omit the fact that the watching experience for me was not the best, as I felt bored at various points and the movie catched my interest concretely almost at the end....Still, I think it is worth to give it a try.
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Dark mature BL with strong psychological elements, wish it was longer to even better explore those
This movie depicts certainly not a standard BL story. It is dark and gritty with some strong psychological elements. After watching it, I discovered that it is an adaptation of a manga of Setona Mizushiro that I loved to read. It does not fully adapt the whole story but it does a great job taking some of the most interesting elements and putting them together to form a cohesive and captivating story. I think the storytelling would have benefited of a bit more time for some of the developments but overall I was quite satisfied by what the movie achieved, especially in terms of character growth.I think the chemistry was pretty good between the two main actors. You can feel the intense obsession of one for the other as well as the indecisiveness of the other regarding his feeling for the former. There are numerous sex scenes which all have a purpose in terms of characterization and development of the relationship. Nothing feels gratuitous but it is instead meaningful in regards to the evolution of the protagonists. The actors really went for it and worked very well together, making those scenes raw and really believable.
The production value was good with a lot of little details in the filmmaking allowing the viewer to understand the evolution and change in the relationship, not only because of the script but also even visually through the sets and accessories and how they evolved within them. There was some moments were I felt the editing a bit abrupt, especially jumping between some scenes toward the end, but nothing too distracting for the understanding of the plot. The soundtrack was fitting the dark theme of the film without really being memorable.
I would recommend this to people looking for a mature BL story. It is a dark story involving a lot of heavy topics, toxic elements and it can be triggering in the way the relationship forms itself. If you enjoyed this movie, I would strongly advise to give a chance to the manga from which this movie is an adaptation.
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I LIKED IT BETTER THAN THE OG (in my humble opinion)
I watched this before the OG "On Your Wedding Day". I was impressed by this storyline than the OG because of few reasons:1. The athlete dream gone cause of injury sounded more lie a logical reasoning for the ML to say that he regrets it
2. The starting school portion between the two was more genuine in 'My Love' in my opinion.
3. I cried at the end for 'My Love' but didnt for the OG (maybe bcs I watched it back to back)
4.The ring portion and the last minute to wedding hall portion also felt like better written in 'My Love' than OG.
I would recommend watching this if you like watching Chinese drama more than Korean Drama as a foreigner.
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Disaster
So the couple went to a nearby island because, for some reason, the ML was suffering from erectile dysfunction, and a doctor recommended that they go to an inn, where the man gets seduced by a hooker and then feels all excited that his ED will be cured, but as usual, things go south, and now the owner of the inn turned serial killer wants to kill them. Awful low-budget American thriller story with bad acting and an awful storyline. I watched it for Dong Lee but felt disappointed. Infedility, rape, and murder—they're just happening without any reason, which is weird.I don't recommend it to anyone because it will only leave bad after taste and nothing else.
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Well damn..
I .... crazy.First of all. The cast did an outstanding job portraying their roles. Definitely deserved the 'Korea's record-breaking film.'
I kinda somewhat predicted who's Mr.Lee but I love the build-up of the story.
I felt the cultural shock on some parts...as I don't often see those scenes in Korean shows. Only in Hollywood shows haha.
But overall, it's nice to take a break from watching romance dramas.
It is definitely weird for me to see some actors in this drama performing different roles than what I mostly see in dramas.. but it's nice to see the other side of their acting skills. Definitely definitely amused me.
The action in this movie was amazing.
2/10/24 1:50am
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EXCUSE ME?!?!?????
What the heck?! I did not expect myself to come out at the end of this film thinking "You know what? I somehow enjoyed my time with it". I went into it like "I'm feeling mindless right now, I only have 2 brain cells working left, so I wanna consume something shitty, something that I can forget" so I opened up a fresh incognito tab and clicked a random movie that would pop up on youtube. I even watched it on 2x speed as well, but here I am making a review.First 5 minutes of the film, I was already regretting my decision, I thought "Oh my god! Why am I here? What have I done to myself?...". The first half of the film is like a shitty comedy-horror. The horror aspect didn't even scare the living shit out of me, I'm like stone-faced during the horror moments, but the comedy parts are somehow landing though, so that's good I guess. And then around the middle, it somehow turned into a life drama with mild romance in it and like "Wait?! It's actually cooking something" because the writing became somewhat good, it was wholesome, I'm loving the character development, the dynamic, the chemistry is tickling my heart and I thought "Ah! I know where this romance is going, I've seen a lot of scumbag MLs, I can see what their tryna pull from a mile away" but then they went into a direction that I did not expect and then resumed the shitty comedy-horror from there, then turned the film to action-comedy, with life lessons at the end.
That's the whole film. It was such of a mess, but they still somehow tied everything well and it made sense, I don't know why.
The acting in this film was good as well. In the beginning, since this was a throwaway film, I was expecting the actors/actresses would just deliver a bog standard job and call it a day, but no, it wasn't the case, or maybe some of the side characters. The main actor did a great job, he's funny, even though his character was such a scumbag, I liked the development, but how it ended was dumb fun. The main female though, did a great job acting as a blind poor person, she didn't stand out in the beginning that much, but when the romance part came in, it gave her character the time to shine. Side characters, they're all good, but there's that one side character that really stood out to me. And it's that old lady who's overseeing this ghost marriage during the ghost wedding part, I don't know. It's just the way her voice acting really caught my attention and I was like "Woah! I like her. she's doing a great job for a minor character."
I don't know if is this my true opinion or if it's the coffee because I'm making this review with 2 coffee bullets of americano in. So yeah... again I can't believe I somehow enjoyed that film, but I wouldn't rewatch it again though, that's for sure.
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