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Writers:
Gilbert Adair (screenplay)
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10 October 2003 (Italy) See more »
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A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Michael Pitt ... Matthew

Eva Green ... Isabelle

Louis Garrel ... Theo

Anna Chancellor ... Mother
Robin Renucci ... Father
Jean-Pierre Kalfon ... Himself

Jean-Pierre Léaud ... Himself (as Jean-Paul Leaud)
Florian Cadiou ... Patrick
Pierre Hancisse ... First Buff
Valentin Merlet ... Second Buff
Lola Peploe ... The Usherette
Ingy Fillion ... Theo's Girlfriend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gilbert Adair ... Man in the Louvre (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henri Langlois ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

François Truffaut ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Aleksandra Yermak ... Student May 68 (uncredited)
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Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci 
 
Writing credits
Gilbert Adair (screenplay)

Gilbert Adair (based on his novel)

Produced by
Hercules Bellville .... associate producer
John Bernard .... co-producer
Jeremy Thomas .... producer
Peter Watson .... associate producer
 
Cinematography by
Fabio Cianchetti (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Jacopo Quadri 
 
Casting by
Lucy Boulting 
Howard Feuer 
Juliette Ménager  (as Juliette Menager)
 
Production Design by
Jean Rabasse 
 
Art Direction by
Pierre Duboisberranger  (as Du Boisberranger)
 
Costume Design by
Louise Stjernsward 
 
Makeup Department
Antoine Amador .... additional hairdresser
Maria Dolores Avellanas .... additional hairdresser (as Dolores Avellanas)
Gérard Carrissimoux .... additional hairdresser (as Gerard Carrissimoux)
Michèle Decanini .... additional hairdresser (as Michel Decanini)
Xavier-Daniel Fagnière .... additional hairdresser (as Xavier-Daniel Fagniere)
Christophe Giraud .... additional make-up
Giorgio Gregorini .... hairdresser
Evelyne Larmaillard .... additional make-up
Christian Morales .... additional hairdresser
Régine Navaro .... additional make-up (as Regine Navaro)
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen .... make-up
Thi-Loan Nguyen .... make-up supervisor (as Thi Loan Nguyen)
Anouk Oechslin .... additional make-up
Magali Ohlmann .... additional make-up
Danielle Palmier .... additional make-up
Rosa Perez .... additional hairdresser
Patricia Planche .... additional make-up
Aldo Signoretti .... hair supervisor
Jérôme Ventura .... additional hairdresser (as Jerome Ventura)
 
Production Management
Frédéric Bovis .... production manager (as Frederick Bovis)
Michael Saxton .... post-production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Bartonio .... co-first assistant director
Serena Canevari .... first assistant director (as Serena Canevari Merlini)
Henrique Laplaine .... second assistant director
Lola Peploe .... third assistant director
Alexandre Schmitt .... co-second assistant director
 
Art Department
Denis Adelet .... swing gang
Bertrand Alberge .... swing gang
Philippe Auclaire .... construction manager
Valerie Berthoux .... model maker
François Billy .... carpenter (as Francois Billy)
Jean-Jacques Blanlot .... carpenter
Luc Bonjus .... construction crew
Camille Bougon-Pigneul .... prop buyer
Sylvain Bourdier .... swing gang
Thomas Broyon .... swing gang
Sylvain Cabouat .... additional art department trainee
Stéphane Cerdan .... swing gang (as Stephane Cerdan)
Jean-Michel Chartier .... carpenter
Ambroise Cheneau .... construction crew
Bernard Coispel .... carpenter
Didier Copp .... painter
Claire Coutelle .... painter
Christian David .... carpenter
Olivier Delpy .... carpenter
Benjamin Descave .... carpenter
Marie Desforge .... painter
Vincent Deslandes .... painter
Julien Draper .... additional art department trainee
Xavier Dubech .... carpenter
Catia El'Haji Tiamiou .... draper (as Catia Tiamiou El Hadj)
Olivier Fermier .... construction crew
Dominique Filliatreau .... carpenter
Yvon Fremy .... head carpenter
Alain Frentzel .... key head painter
Christian Giambasi .... painter (as Christian Giambiasi)
Florence Girette .... painter
Francis Guibet .... prop buyer
Michel Guillou .... carpenter
Fabienne Haertling .... assistant set dresser
Peter Hammond .... stand-by painter
Philippe Harlez .... assistant art director
Yann Haugomat .... dressing props
Jérôme Hayot .... painter (as Jerome Hayot)
Hugues Herve .... carpenter
Paul Hugel .... additional art department trainee
Benedicte Joffre .... draper
Antar Khelifaoui .... construction crew
Jérôme Krowicki .... construction crew (as Jerome Krowicki)
Marie Lambert .... art department trainee
Alain Lavit .... construction crew
Arnaud Le Roch .... assistant art director (as Laurent Roch-Arnaud)
Philippe Legrand .... carpenter
Stephanie Lelu .... art department trainee
Eric Levavasseur .... carpenter
Christelle Maisonneuve .... prop buyer
Christophe Marchandet .... plasterer
Vincent Maroutian .... head painter
Loïc Masse .... carpenter (as Loic Masse)
Régis Mayot .... construction crew (as Regis Mayot)
Laurent Micheletti .... painter
Franck Miniconi .... stand-by painter
Guy-Michel Morin .... painter (as Guy Michel Morin)
Manuel Mougin .... stand-by props
Max Paget .... wood machinist
Stephane Paillard .... carpenter
Francois Pascal-Mousselard .... swing gang
Sébastien Perrenoud .... construction crew (as Sebastien Perrenoud)
Jérôme Perrin .... carpenter (as Jerome Perrin)
Marie Predieri .... painter
Georges Rigot .... carpenter
Michel Risse .... carpenter
Ivan Robles Lopez .... additional art department trainee
Thomas Rollin .... construction crew
Nathalie Roubaud .... assistant art director
Franck Scala .... head wood machinist
Samuel Teisseire .... assistant stand-by props
Eric Viellerobe .... set dresser
Jean-Noël Vincensini .... swing gang (as Jean-Noel Vincencini)
Michel Weidmann .... sculptor
Sylvie Weidmann-Chancelade .... sculptor
 
Sound Department
Timotey Alazraki .... cableman (as Timothee Alazraki)
Mark Auguste .... supervising sound editor
Sam Auguste .... assistant sound editor
Peter Burgis .... foley artist
Ed Colyer .... foley recordist (as Edward Colyer)
Andie Derrick .... foley artist (as Andi Derrick)
Matthew Gough .... re-recording mixer
Daniel Laurie .... adr editor
Daniel Laurie .... dialogue editor
Stephane Lioret .... boom operator
Mike Prestwood Smith .... re-recording mixer
Ted Swanscott .... adr recordist
Derek Trigg .... foley editor
Stuart Wilson .... sound mixer
Colin Cooper .... adr recordist (uncredited)
Peter Gleaves .... adr mixer (uncredited)
James Seddon .... dolby consultant (uncredited)
John Soukup .... sound transfer (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Anne Bergamaschi .... special effects technician
Francois Bernard .... special effects technician
Pascal Declercq .... special effects technician
Grégoire Delage .... special effects coordinator (as Gregoire Delage)
Franck Delamotte .... special effects technician
Jacky Dufour .... special effects technician
Denis Duplex .... special effects technician
Pascal Fauvelle .... special effects technician
Michel Gery .... special effects technician
Daniel Lenoir .... special effects technician
Jean Miel .... special effects technician
Serge Perillat .... special effects technician
Jean-Jacques Vassal .... special effects technician
Olivier Zenenski .... special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
Virginie Allal .... visual effects production assistant
Stephanie Boutinaud .... visual effects digital artist
Fabien Coupez .... visual effects digital artist
Olivier Debert .... visual effects digital artist
Joyce Menger .... visual effects production
Morgan Varona .... visual effects digital artist
Valerio Bonelli .... visual effects editor (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Michel Anderson .... stuntman
Rémi Canaple .... stuntman (as Remi Canaple)
Alexandre Cauderlier .... stuntman
Patrick Cauderlier .... stunt coordinator
Laurent Coin .... stuntman
Jacques Cosma .... stuntman
Yan Dron .... stuntman (as Yaw Drow)
Alexandrine Felquin .... stuntwoman (as Alexandrine Felkin)
Pascaline Girardot .... stuntwoman
David Grolleau .... stuntman
Vincent Haquin .... stuntman
Cyrille Hertel .... stuntman
David Julienne .... stuntman
Michel Julienne .... stunt car coordinator
Mael Lamberton .... stuntman
Emilie Lelouch .... stuntwoman
Gregory Loffredo .... stuntman
John Medalin .... stuntman
Pierre Medalin .... stuntman
Jean-Loup Michou .... stuntman
Florent Mismetti .... stuntman
Alain Pedouan .... stuntman
Teddy Pividal .... stuntman
Pierre Raveneau .... stuntman
Catherine Robert .... stuntwoman
Sebastien Soudais .... stuntman
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Luigi Andrei .... camera operator
Luigi Andrei .... steadicam operator
Cecile Angelin .... additional electrician
Laurent Audoire .... technician: Hot Head
Lubomir Bakchev .... additional electrician
Alessio Bastianelli .... focus puller
Hamia Benyekkou .... additional electrician (as Hamid Benyekkou)
Patrice Birzin .... genny operator
Franck Boussenec .... grip
Séverine Brigeot .... stills photographer (as Severine Brigeot)
Guillaume Brule .... electrician
Raphaël Cauhepo-François .... focus puller: second camera (as Raphael Cauhepo-Francois)
Roberto De Paolis .... stills photographer trainee (as Roberto Di Paolis)
Thibault de Saint André .... additional electrician (as Thibault De Saint Andre)
Pierre Yves Dougnac .... additional electrician
Eugène Fabcic .... additional genny operator (as Eugene Fabcic)
Claudio Frollano .... gaffer
Eugenio Galli .... second camera operator
Simon Garnier .... video operator
Christian Inizan .... additional electrician
Pascal Jobert .... additional grip (as Jean-Pascal Jobert)
Bruno Keller .... electrician
Patrick Lemaire .... additional genny operator
Antoine Lepoutre .... additional electrician
Philippe Malleck .... gaffer
Franck Maumis .... additional electrician
Pierre Morel .... camera operator: Super 16
Frédéric Mougin .... technician: Hot Head (as Frederic Mougin)
Mathieu Petit .... focus puller: Super 16
Jocelyn Poulin .... additional electrician
Nicholas Quinn .... camera operator: DVDCAM camera
Marco Revello .... key grip (as Marc Revello)
Marco Santarelli .... key grip
Lilia Sellami .... clapper loader
Sergio Simoes .... grip
Bruce Hazen .... best boy rigging electric (uncredited)
Nick Quinn .... additional photographer (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Bertrand Amiel .... extras casting assistant
David Artur .... extras casting assistant
Vanessa Baker .... voice casting
Marie-Sylvie Caillierez .... extras casting director
Samuel Delfiner .... casting assistant
Brendan Donnison .... voice casting
Benjamin Dumas .... extras casting assistant
Hervé Gamondes .... extras casting assistant
Sandrine Guilleux .... extras casting assistant
Erik Jourdil .... extras casting assistant
Antoine Laurent .... extras casting assistant
Stephane Mathieu .... extras casting assistant
Lofti Mokdad .... extras casting assistant
Patrick Rufo .... assistant to extras casting director
Sonia Trabelsi .... extras casting assistant
Eleftherios Zacharopoulos .... extras casting assistant
Yann Le Boucher .... extras casting assistant (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandrine Alabre .... additional dresser
Chloe Bartonio .... dresser (as Chloe Chambarret-Bartonio)
Nathalie Cercuel .... wardrobe supervisor: exteriors
Florence Clamond .... extras dresser (as Florence Clamond-Vidal)
Chloé Degorce Dumas .... additional dresser (as Chloe Degorce Dumas)
Natacha Diehl .... additional dresser
Julie Greux .... additional dresser
Simone Hoffmann .... additional dresser
Sandrine Kerner .... additional dresser
Marielle Robaut .... wardrobe supervisor (as Marielle-Therese Robaut)
Karine Rouchy .... additional dresser
Priscillia Van Sprengel .... additional dresser
Sandrine Bernard .... wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Lucinda S. Agar .... post-production coordinator
Valerio Bonelli .... first assistant editor
Aline Hervé .... co-first assistant editor (as Aline Herve)
Yvan Lucas .... color grader
Fabien Pascal .... color grader
 
Music Department
Julien Civange .... music advisor
Janice Ginsberg .... music supervisor
Nick Laird-Clowes .... music consultant
Charles Henri de Pierrefeu .... music advisor (as Charles Henri De Pierrefeu)
 
Transportation Department
Stéphane Floc'h .... transport captain (as Stephane Floc'h)
Mathieu Guez .... driver: Michael Pitt
Christophe Paris .... driver: director
Jalal Aqdim .... assistant action vehicle coordinator (uncredited)
Charles Heidet .... action vehicle coordinator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Lucinda S. Agar .... assistant to the director
Matthew Baker .... business affairs: Recorded Picture Company
Kaoutar Ben Aissa .... additional location trainee
Gonzague Bernard .... additional location trainee
Catherine Boizard .... production assistant
Antoine Brice .... additional location trainee
Flora Elisa Algeri Bricoli .... film assistant
Gilles Castera .... location manager
Mathilde Cathelin .... floor runner
Randi Chugerman .... assistant: to Howard Feuer
Frederic Collomb .... additional location trainee
Stuart Cook .... accountant: UK
Neal Cooper .... additional dialogue coach
Ginger Corbett .... international publicity: Premier
Alan Coric .... cashier
Andrea De Sica .... set runner
Antonin Depardieu .... location scout
Corinne Devaux .... choreographer
Fabrice Devevre .... floor runner
Gaetan Dinon .... location trainee
Alain Dominiecki .... accountant
Suzanne Durrenberger .... script supervisor
Antonio Etzi .... personal assistant to director
Franco Fantini .... accountant: Italy
Ingy Fillion .... additional location trainee
Florence Forney .... production coordinator
Samuel Fuller .... director: Shock Corridor (1963 ) (as Sam Fuller)
Fabien Gerard .... assistant script supervisor
Marco Giacalone .... assistant location manager
Constantine Gregory .... dialogue coach
Jean-Louise Grousset .... caterer: Locafete (as Jean-Louis Grousset)
Jocelyn Jones .... assistant to producer
Arnaud Kaiser .... additional location trainee
Veronique Lambert de Guise .... stock footage researcher (as Veronique Lambert De Guise)
Florence Larsonneur .... business affairs: Recorded Picture Company
Vincent Lefeuvre .... office production assistant
Stephan Mallmann .... business affairs: Recorded Picture Company
Chantal Malrat .... financial controller (as Chantal Malrat Atanassian)
Virginie Marchesseau .... location trainee
Benjamin Morand .... additional location trainee
Richard Morrison .... title sequence
Jessica Palud .... additional location trainee
Pier Francesco Paredes Choto .... floor runner
Samuel Renollet .... additional video operator
Melanie Robot .... location trainee
Laurent Sarazin .... additional location trainee
Jeanine Sculier .... nurse (as Janine Scolier)
John Shearlaw .... archival film researcher
Robyn Smith .... special license: Mr. Fred Astaire's appearance (as Mrs. Fred Astaire)
Jean-Pierre Vincent .... unit publicist: France
Josef von Sternberg .... director: Blonde Venus (1932 ) (as Joseph Von Sternberg)
Kalinka Weiler .... location scout (as Kalinka Carrasco)
Julia Willis .... business affairs: Recorded Picture Company
Thierry Zemmour .... assistant location manager
Philippe Girardeau .... assistant location manager (uncredited)
Roberto Guerra .... archive material provider (uncredited)
Chris Paton .... unit publicist (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Monsieur Andriot .... thanks: Service Navigation de la Seine
Brigitte Brauner .... thanks: Marie de Paris (as Madame Brigitte Brauner)
Robert Bresson .... acknowledgment: director of Mouchette (1967 )
Tod Browning .... acknowledgment: director of "Freaks" (1932 )
Charles Chaplin .... acknowledgment: director of "City Lights" (1931 )
Vittorio De Sanctis .... special thanks
J.C. Decaux .... thanks
Gillian Duffield .... special thanks
Frédéric Dupuch .... thanks: Prefecture de Police de Paris (as Monsieur Le Commissaire Dupuch)
Gabrielle Fastman .... special thanks
Samuel Fuller .... acknowledgment: director of Shock Corridor (1963 ) (as Sam Fuller)
Jean-Luc Godard .... acknowledgment: director of À bout de souffle (1960 and Bande à part (1964))
Antony Gostyn .... special thanks
Roberto Guerra .... acknowledgment: director of Henri Langlois (1970 )
Howard Hawks .... acknowledgment: director of "Scarface" (1932 )
Elia Hershon .... acknowledgment: director of Henri Langlois (1970 )
Robin Hilton .... special thanks
Monsieur Hurtrel .... thanks: Prefecture de Police de Paris
Buster Keaton .... acknowledgment: director of "The Cameraman" (1928 )
Marie-José Lambert .... thanks: Marie de Paris (as Mademoiselle Marie-José Lambert)
Carol Levi .... special thanks
Rouben Mamoulian .... acknowledgment: director of Queen Christina (1933 )
Madame Martial .... thanks: Ecole de Medecine - Universite Paris
Monique Plantade .... thanks: Direction de la Voirie et des Deplacements (as Mademoiselle Monique Plantade)
Roberto Rinalduzzi .... special thanks
Mark Sandrich .... acknowledgment: director of Top Hat (1935 )
Michael Simkins .... special thanks
Alexandra Stone .... special thanks
Frank Tashlin .... acknowledgment: director of "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956 )
Christian Valsamidis .... special thanks
Josef von Sternberg .... acknowledgment: director of Blonde Venus (1932 ) (as Joseph Von Sternberg)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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MPAA:
Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content
Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
115 min | USA:112 min (R-rated version)
Country:
UK | France | Italy
Language:
English | French
Color:
Black and White (archive footage) | Color
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Brazil:16 | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 (original rating) (TV rating) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (cut) | Peru:18 | Taiwan:R-18 | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Hungary:18 | Israel:18 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | USA:NC-17
Filming Locations:
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Company:
Recorded Picture Company (RPC)See more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The film was made carbon-neutral by offsetting its emissions - the Carbon Neutral logo is visible on the poster and DVD cover. It is probably the first carbon-neutral film to have been made.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: At the end of the movie, inside the tent, Matthew was lying almost naked covered only by the flower robe between his legs. When he woke up, the robe somehow was already on his left arm.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Matthew:The first time I saw a movie at the cinématèque française I thought, "Only the French... only the French would house a cinema inside a palace."
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Movie Connections:
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56 out of 95 people found the following review useful.
Poetically brave and challenging., 13 May 2004
Author: ks4 from EU



Matthew is a young american student in france, his passion for movies leads him into Theo and Isabelle, two twins that shares his passion, they quickly build a deep friendship and Matthew gets invited to stay with them while their parents are gone. However once he gets settled with them he discovers sides of both that he had not expected. While they spend their time talking and playing, the riots of Paris 1968 goes on in the "real world".

This is a very brave film in the way it has been build, but it is also a complicated movie that will leave you both confused and thinking, it's beautiful and it can almost be described as cinematic poetry, however this poetry also makes it a difficult one to relate too.

After seeing this film i am confused in what i feel about it, the movie feels very divided, and some times it is an extraordinary brave and experimental film, other times it is confuing, and at some times boring too. It's really a hard movie to understand because of the poetic feeling it gives, it's like reading a poem where some of the lines doesn't make sense, but i guess that could be an advantage as it can be seen more than once. I feel the strength of the movie is the way it challenges and explores like no american or typical mainstream movie would do, the often use of nudity and raw sex scenes would never be seen elsewhere, and even though it may annoy many people, Bertolucci portrays the scenes very beautiful and they never seem like dirty scenes, the most impressive scene is the one where Matthew and Isabelle have sex, never have a full sex scene been portrayed in such a beautiful and realistic way on screen. And there are many examples of this.

What brings the movie is first of all the very slow storyline, it barely moves at all, the whole 2 hours are pretty much circulating around one thing, which is the way these 3 youngsters spend their sparetime, it's an mysterious movie that really brings up interesting situations a lot of times, but other times it simply gets too slow and gets a little boring. Another partly negative thing is the understanding of the movie, as I earlier mentioned the movie is like a poem, if you have problems with a few lines the whole deeper meaning may fall apart. I wouldn't say i did not understand the fully deeper meaning of the movie, but i think each individual will understand this movie differently, due to the complex way it has been made. But i honestly think Bertolucci wanted it to be like that, a movie that will leave you thinking about many things, but i think what it really is about is finding yourself in a world where there are 6 billion people looking like you on the outside.

The movie is very well directed, a solid directing and you can clearly see the trademarks of the director, one thing i noticed was the floating camera. The floating camera gives a feeling of being there, it is mostly used in the first part of the movie where Matthew learns more about his mysterious new friends, it gives us a feeling of curiousity towards these two new persons. Two persons whom we soon discover have more to them than showing on the outside.

The acting in the movie is solid. I usually don't expect much from new and coming actors and actresses that i have not heard about before, this was also the case for this movie. But the acting is really good, Michael Pitt and Louis Garrel really gives an above average performance, great to see that there are still new actors who can take over when the old ones will be gone. But the star of this movie is Eva Green, what a mysteriously and unique performance, and what a brilliant casting, she is unique, beautiful and most importantly interesting, erotic and challenging. Also i give props to all the three main characters for their brave and realistic portray of nudity and the complications of sex among unexperienced youngsters.

As i said earlier this movie is very complex, it's hard to understand, and i could probably talk about it forever, but i got to stop somewhere. I think the movie is definetely worth watching, it's very artistic and does indeed stand on its own feet, it takes chances you don't see many movies take, and it's all done very well. On the negative side i think the movie sometimes get too complex and slow, but overall i don't regret seeing it, and i think that i will be seeing it again due to the complex story, it will probably bring me new thoughts when i see it next time.

6/10

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