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Films depicting Latin American military dictatorships

Index Films depicting Latin American military dictatorships

This is a list of movies that are related to the military dictatorships in South America and Caribbean that appeared during the context of the Cold War. [1]

82 relations: Almost Brothers, Amnesia (1994 film), Angel Face (1998 film), Avanti Popolo (2012 film), Baptism of Blood, Beyond Citizen Kane, Buenos Aires Vice Versa, Captive (2003 film), Caribbean, Chronicle of an Escape, Clandestine Childhood, Cold War, Colonia (film), Dawson Isla 10, Death and the Maiden (film), Dictator novel, Dirty War, Down Came a Blackbird, El Norte (film), Em Busca de Iara, Entranced Earth, Four Days in September, Funny Dirty Little War, Grupo Cine Liberación, Hermanas, Hoje (film), Imagining Argentina (film), In the Time of the Butterflies (film), It's Raining on Santiago, Jango (film), Kamchatka (film), Kiss of the Spider Woman (film), Last Plane Out, Lula, Son of Brazil, Machuca, Marie-Monique Robin, Military dictatorship, Missing (1982 film), Moon over Parador, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Night of the Pencils (film), Night Over Chile, No (2012 film), O Dia que Durou 21 Anos, Of Love and Shadows, Olympic Garage, One Man's War, Operation Condor, Os Dias Com Ele, Peacetime (film), ..., Post Mortem (2010 film), Pra Frente, Brasil, Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury, Romero (film), Salvador (film), South America, State of Siege, Sweet Country (1987 film), Tatuagem (film), The Black Pimpernel, The Blonds, The Brave Warrior, The Clan (film), The Comedians (1967 film), The Evil That Men Do (film), The Girlfriend (film), The House of the Spirits (film), The Lost Steps, The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, The Official Story, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, They Don't Wear Black-tie, Third Cinema, Tony Manero (film), Trópico de Sangre, Twenty Years Later, Uma Longa Viagem, Under Fire (film), Verónico Cruz (film), Voces inocentes, Waking the Dead (film), Zuzu Angel (film). Expand index (32 more) »

Almost Brothers

Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmãos) is a 2004 Brazilian film.

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Amnesia (1994 film)

Amnesia is a 1994 Chilean drama film directed by Gonzalo Justiniano.

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Angel Face (1998 film)

Angel Face (La cara del ángel) is a 1998 Argentine film, written and directed by Pablo Torre.

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Avanti Popolo (2012 film)

Avanti Popolo is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed by Michael Wahrmann.

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Baptism of Blood

Baptism of Blood (Batismo de Sangue) is a 2006 Brazilian film directed by Helvécio Ratton, based on Frei Betto's book of the same name.

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Beyond Citizen Kane

Beyond Citizen Kane is a 1993 British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and first broadcast on Channel 4.

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Buenos Aires Vice Versa

Buenos Aires Vice Versa (Buenos Aires viceversa) is a 1996 Argentine and Dutch dramatic film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti.

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Captive (2003 film)

Captive (Cautiva) is a 2003 Argentinian film that concerns itself with what happened to the children of the people killed after the 1970s military coup.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Chronicle of an Escape

Chronicle of an Escape (Crónica de una fuga) is a 2006 Argentine film, directed by Israel Adrián Caetano.

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Clandestine Childhood

Clandestine Childhood (Infancia clandestina) is a 2011 Argentine historical drama film directed by Benjamín Ávila and starring Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio and César Troncoso.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Colonia (film)

Colonia, also known as The Colony, is a 2015 historical romantic thriller film directed by Florian Gallenberger, produced by Benjamin Herrmann, written by Torsten Wenzel and Gallenberger, and starring Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, and Michael Nyqvist.

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Dawson Isla 10

Dawson Isla 10 is a 2009 Chilean drama film, written and directed by Miguel Littín, a Chilean film director.

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Death and the Maiden (film)

Death and the Maiden is a 1994 mystery drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.

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Dictator novel

The dictator novel (novela del dictador) is a genre of Latin American literature that challenges the role of the dictator in Latin American society.

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Dirty War

The "Dirty War" (guerra sucia) is the name used for the period of state terrorism committed by Argentina's military junta from 1974 to 1983, during which military and security forces and right-wing death squads in the form of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (Triple A) hunted down any political dissidents and anyone believed to be associated with socialism, left-wing Peronism or the Montoneros movement.

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Down Came a Blackbird

Down Came a Blackbird is a 1995 American made for TV drama film directed by Jonathan Sanger and starring Raúl Juliá, Laura Dern and Vanessa Redgrave.

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El Norte (film)

El Norte (English: The North) is a 1983 British-American independent drama film, directed by Gregory Nava.

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Em Busca de Iara

Em Busca de Iara is a 2013 Brazilian documentary film directed by Flavio Frederico about the guerrilla Iara Iavelberg, a woman who participated in the armed struggle against the dictatorship in Brazil.

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Entranced Earth

Entranced Earth (Terra em Transe, "World in a Trance", also called Land in Anguish or Earth Entranced) is a 1967 Brazilian Cinema Novo drama film directed by Glauber Rocha.

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Four Days in September

Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto.

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Funny Dirty Little War

Funny Dirty Little War (No habrá más penas ni olvido; original title translatable as "There will be no more sorrow or forgetfulness", a line from Mi Buenos Aires Querido tango lyrics) is a 1983 Argentine comedy drama film directed by Héctor Olivera, written by Olivera and Roberto Cossa, based on a novel of the same name by Osvaldo Soriano.

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Grupo Cine Liberación

The Grupo Cine Liberación ("The Liberation Film Group") was an Argentine film movement that took place during the end of the 1960s.

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Hermanas

Hermanas is a 2005 drama film written and directed by Julia Solomonoff, her first feature motion picture.

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Hoje (film)

Hoje is a 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Tata Amaral, based on the book "Prova Contrária", by Fernando Bonassi.

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Imagining Argentina (film)

Imagining Argentina is a 2003 drama historical film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Leticia Dolera and Rubén Blades.

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In the Time of the Butterflies (film)

In the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film, produced for the Showtime television network, directed by Mariano Barroso and based on Julia Álvarez's book of the same name.

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It's Raining on Santiago

It's Raining on Santiago (Il pleut sur Santiago) is a 1975 French-Bulgarian drama film directed by Helvio Soto.

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Jango (film)

Jango is a 1984 Brazilian documentary film directed by Sílvio Tendler.

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Kamchatka (film)

Kamchatka is a 2002 Argentine-Spanish historical drama film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.

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Kiss of the Spider Woman (film)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (O Beijo da Mulher-Aranha) is a 1985 Brazilian-American drama film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian director Héctor Babenco, and adapted by Leonard Schrader from the Manuel Puig novel of the same name.

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Last Plane Out

Last Plane Out is a 1983 film, directed by David Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet.

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Lula, Son of Brazil

Lula, Son of Brazil (Lula: O Filho do Brasil) is a 2009 biographical Brazilian film based on the early life of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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Machuca

Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood.

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Marie-Monique Robin

Marie-Monique Robin (born 15 June 1960, Poitou-Charentes) is a French TV journalist and documentary filmmaker.

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Military dictatorship

A military dictatorship (also known as a military junta) is a form of government where in a military force exerts complete or substantial control over political authority.

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Missing (1982 film)

Missing (stylized as missing.) is a 1982 American historical drama film directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Sissy Spacek, Jack Lemmon, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule and Charles Cioffi.

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Moon over Parador

Moon over Parador is a 1988 romantic comedy film, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raúl Juliá and Sonia Braga.

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Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo) is an association of Argentine mothers whose children "disappeared" during the state terrorism of the military dictatorship, between 1976 and 1983.

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Night of the Pencils (film)

Night of the Pencils (La noche de los lápices) is a 1986 Argentine historical drama film directed by Héctor Olivera and written by Olivera and Daniel Kon.

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Night Over Chile

Night Over Chile (Noch nad Chili) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Sebastián Alarcón and Aleksandr Kosarev.

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No (2012 film)

No is a 2012 internationally co-produced historical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín.

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O Dia que Durou 21 Anos

O Dia que Durou 21 Anos (The Day That Lasted 21 Years) is a Brazilian documentary film that shows the influence of the U.S. government in the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.

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Of Love and Shadows

Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras.

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Olympic Garage

Olympic Garage (Garage Olimpo) is a 1999 Argentine drama film, directed by Marco Bechis.

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One Man's War

One Man's War is a 1991 television drama film set in Paraguay in 1976, under the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner.

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Operation Condor

Operation Condor (Operación Cóndor,also known as Plan Cóndor, Operação Condor) was a campaign of political repression and state terror in Latin American countries involving intelligence operations and assassination of opponents, mainly civilians, originally planned by the CIA.

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Os Dias Com Ele

Os Dias Com Ele (The days with him) is a 2013 Brazilian documentary film directed by Maria Clara Escobar, about her father Carlos Henrique Escobar, who is a philosopher, teacher and playwright that has a history marked by repression suffered during the military dictatorship.

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Peacetime (film)

Peacetime (Portuguese: Tempos de Paz) is a 2009 Brazilian drama film, directed by Daniel Filho.

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Post Mortem (2010 film)

Post Mortem is a 2010 Chilean film directed by Pablo Larraín and set during the 1973 military coup that overthrew former President Salvador Allende, inaugurating the 17-year dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

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Pra Frente, Brasil

Pra Frente, Brasil (Go Ahead, Brazil!) is a 1982 Brazilian drama film directed, written and produced by Roberto Farias.

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Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury (Portuguese: Uma História de Amor e Fúria) is a 2013 Brazilian animated drama film written and directed by Luiz Bolognesi.

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Romero (film)

Romero is a 1989 American biopic depicting the story of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life.

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Salvador (film)

Salvador is a 1986 American war drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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State of Siege

State of Siege (French title: État de Siège) is a 1972 French film directed by Costa-Gavras starring Yves Montand and Renato Salvatori.

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Sweet Country (1987 film)

Sweet Country is a 1987 American drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Jane Alexander.

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Tatuagem (film)

Tatuagem is a 2013 Brazilian drama film, the feature film directorial debut of Hilton Lacerda.

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The Black Pimpernel

The Black Pimpernel (Svarta nejlikan; El Clavel negro) is a Swedish drama film directed by Ulf Hultberg and starring Michael Nyqvist and Lisa Werlinder.

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The Blonds

The Blonds (Los Rubios) is a 2003 Argentine and American documentary/drama film, directed by Albertina Carri, and written by Carri and Alan Pauls.

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The Brave Warrior

The Brave Wales (O Bravo Guerreiro) is a 1968 Brazilian drama film directed by Gustavo Dahl.

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The Clan (film)

The Clan (El Clan) is a 2015 Argentine biographical crime film written and directed by Pablo Trapero and starring Guillermo Francella and Peter Lanzani.

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The Comedians (1967 film)

The Comedians is a 1967 film directed and produced by Peter Glenville, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, who also wrote the screenplay.

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The Evil That Men Do (film)

The Evil That Men Do is a 1984 Mexican-American-British action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson, and starring Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, and Joseph Maher.

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The Girlfriend (film)

The Girlfriend (La Amiga) is a 1988 Argentine-German historical drama film directed by Jeanine Meerapfel and starring Liv Ullmann, Cipe Lincovsky and Federico Luppi.

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The House of the Spirits (film)

The House of the Spirits is a 1993 German-Danish-Portuguese period drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave.

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The Lost Steps

The Lost Steps (Los pasos perdidos) is a 2001 Argentine and Spanish drama film directed by Manane Rodríguez and written by Rodríguez and Xavier Bermúdez.

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The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo) is a 1985 Argentine documentary film directed by Susana Blaustein Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.

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The Official Story

The Official Story (La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine drama historical film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik.

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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias) is a 2006 Brazilian drama film directed by Cao Hamburger.

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They Don't Wear Black-tie

Eles não Usam Black-tie (internationally released as They Don't Wear Black-tie) is a 1981 Brazilian drama film directed by Leon Hirszman, based on Gianfrancesco Guarnieri's play of the same name.

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Third Cinema

Third Cinema (Tercer Cine) is a Latin American film movement that started in the 1960s–70s which decries neocolonialism, the capitalist system, and the Hollywood model of cinema as mere entertainment to make money.

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Tony Manero (film)

Tony Manero is a 2008 Chilean film directed by Pablo Larraín about a 52-year-old man in Santiago in 1978 who is obsessed with John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever.

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Trópico de Sangre

Trópico de Sangre (Tropic of Blood) is a 2010 drama film based on the true story of the Dominican Republic's historic Mirabal sisters.

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Twenty Years Later

Twenty Years Later (Cabra Marcado para Morrer) is a 1984 Brazilian documentary film which has become one of the best-known films directed by Eduardo Coutinho.

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Uma Longa Viagem

Uma Longa Viagem (English: A Long Journey) is a 2012 documentary film directed by Lúcia Murat.

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Under Fire (film)

Under Fire is a 1983 American political thriller film set during the last days of the Nicaraguan Revolution that ended the Somoza regime in 1979 Nicaragua.

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Verónico Cruz (film)

Verónico Cruz (Verónico Cruz: La deuda interna) is a 1988 Argentine and British drama film.

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Voces inocentes

Voces Inocentes (English title: Innocent Voices) is a 2004 Salvadorian-war film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on the military use of children. The movie also shows injustice against innocent people who are forced to fight in the war. It follows the story of the narrator, a boy named Chava.

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Waking the Dead (film)

Waking the Dead is a 2000 drama film directed by Keith Gordon, and starring Billy Crudup and Jennifer Connelly.

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Zuzu Angel (film)

Zuzu Angel is a 2006 Brazilian biographical film based on the life of fashion designer Zuzu Angel.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_depicting_Latin_American_military_dictatorships

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