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Penelope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez - born 28 April 1974, in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid
Wise words: "There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring. In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan."
Cruz first came to public attention in Spain in 1992 with the release of Jamon Jamon (dir. Bigas Luna) and Belle epoque (dir. Fernando Trueba).
In Spanish cinema she has proved herself in a range of roles in different genres, and her key films in her native language are: Jamon Jamon, Belle epoque, Open Your Eyes (dir. Alejandro Amenábar), The Girl Of Your Dreams (dir. Fernando Trueba), and of course the four films she has made with Pedro Almodóvar – Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Volver, and Broken Embraces .
To date she has won two Goya awards for Best Actress (for The Girl Of Your Dreams and Volver), became the first Spanish actress to be nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Raimunda in Volver, and the first Spanish actress to win an Oscar (supporting actress) for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (dir. Woody Allen).
Also not to be missed is the Italian film Don’t Move (dir. Sergio Castellito), in which she gives a truly heartbreaking performance and for which she won a David di Donatello award for Best Actress.
Forthcoming roles include the fourth film in the Pirates saga - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
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Penelope Cruz - news / articles
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Cruz set to reunite with husband Bardem in new thriller -
20 April 2012
-Penelope Cruz is set to star with her husband Javier Bardem once more in Ridley Scott's drug thriller The Counselor, according to a new report.-The Spanish actress first worked with Bardem in 1992's Jamon Jamon, and they've teamed up onscreen several times since, incl
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Caribbean Cruz -
16 May 2011
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-This week, Penelope Cruz seeks to save her father’s soul and find the fountain of youth in a rejuvenated Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. No matter how that quest turns out or what the critics may say, there is no doubt that On Stranger Tides will be see
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Cruz: 'Motherhood is beautiful' -
10 May 2011
-Penelope Cruz has opened up about motherhood for the first time, admitting she changed "immediately" after giving birth to a baby boy earlier this year (11).-The Vicky Cristina Barcelona actress and her husband Javier Bardem welcomed their first child, a son rumoured
Penelope Cruz - what members say
review by Stevieb47 from poole
Fabulous 12 June 2005
review by from Oxford, England
Excellent, and typical Almodovar. 16 June 2004
review by A customer from Rickmansworth, UK
Weak film 12 July 2005
Penelope Cruz - filmography
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Sex and the City 2
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis
Director: Michael Patrick King
Certificate: 
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A fun, adventurous romp: Sex and the City 2 brings it all back and more as Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda take another bite out of The Big Apple and beyond, carrying on with their busy lives and loves in a sequel that truly sparkles. What happens after you say "I do"? Life is everything ..read more »
 
57%
from 17,728 members
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Nine
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman
Director: Rob Marshall
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Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
42%
from 17,084 members
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Nine - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren
Director: Rob Marshall
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From the creative team behind the Oscar-winning Broadway adaptation of Chicago comes a lavish feature take on the Tony award-winning musical inspired by Federico Fellini's whimsical classic 8 1/2. Directed by Rob Marshall, Nine details the effort made by world-class filmmaker Guido Contini (Daniel ..read more »
41%
from 828 members
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Broken Embraces - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluis Homar
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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After LIVE FLESH, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and VOLVER, director Pedro Almodovar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with this drama. Here, Almodovar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (BAD EDUCATION's Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life ..read more »
69%
from 1,991 member
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G-Force
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Will Arnett, Nicolas Cage, Kelli Garner
Director: Hoyt Yeatman, Hoyt Yeatman Jr.
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Two time Oscar-winning visual effects artist Hoyt Yeatman makes his feature directorial debut with this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced family film following a group of highly trained guinea pigs on their mission to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world. Beginning in the Civil War -- ..read more »
67%
from 15,365 members
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Broken Embraces
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluis Homar
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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After LIVE FLESH, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and VOLVER, director Pedro Almodovar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with this drama. Here, Almodovar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (BAD EDUCATION'S Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life ..read more »
69%
from 11,671 members
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Elegy - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper
Director: Isabel Coixet
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Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
58%
from 247 members
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Woody Allen
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It’s the film that critics are hailing as Woody Allan’s return to form. Vicky Cristina Barcelona has become one of the most talked about movies of the year. A sizzling, erotically charged, relentlessly hilarious and touching romantic comedy that won Penelope Cruz (Volver, Vanilla Sky) a Best ..read more »
67%
from 5,160 members
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Woody Allen
Certificate:
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It’s the film that critics are hailing as Woody Allan’s return to form. Vicky Cristina Barcelona has become one of the most talked about movies of the year. A sizzling, erotically charged, relentlessly hilarious and touching romantic comedy that won Penelope Cruz (Volver, Vanilla Sky) a Best ..read more »
66%
from 44,749 members
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Elegy
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper
Director: Isabel Coixet
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Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
59%
from 6,180 members
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The Good Night
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Martin Freeman, Penelope Cruz
Director: Giles Nuttgens, Jake Paltrow
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Jake Paltrow directs his sister Gwyneth in this take on the midlife crisis. Gary (Martin Freeman) was once riding high as the member of a successful pop band. Now, seven years later, the band is no more and he pays the bills by composing mediocre music for commercials. To further add to his ..read more »
46%
from 3,599 members
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The Passion Within
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Adrien Brody, Penelope Cruz, Ann Mitchell
Director: Menno Meyjes
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Adrien Brody and Penélope Cruz star as legendary Spanish matador Manolete and his tempestuous girlfriend Lupe Sino, respectively, in director/screenwriter Menno Meyjes' tale of love and bullfighting.
52%
from 190 members
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Volver
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Following the passing away of their mother in a fire, Raimunda (Penelope Cruz, VANILLA SKY) and Sole (Lola Duenas, TALK TO HER), leave their home town of La Mancha to live in Madrid. Raimunda lives with her daughter and unsupportive husband, taking on menial jobs, while Sole works in secret as a ..read more »
72%
from 44,187 members
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Sahara - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz
Director: Breck Eisner
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Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
61%
from 1,364 member
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Sahara - HD
(2005)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz
Director: Breck Eisner
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Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
63%
from 85 members
Currently unavailable
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Sahara
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz
Director: Breck Eisner
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Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
58%
from 59,087 members
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Head In The Clouds
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend
Director: John Duigan
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A Parisian apartment is home to Gilda Besse, an aspiring photographer, Guy Malyon, an Irish teacher, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. When war breaks out, the three friends go their separate ways, seemingly forever...
54%
from 3,122 members
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Noel
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Paul Walker
Director: Chazz Palminteri
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A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales of lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Robin Williams is the ..read more »
53%
from 3,901 members
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Masked And Anonymous
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Bob Dylan
Director: Larry Charles
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In a fictional America caught up in a civil war that is tearing the nation apart, a benefit concert is being organized. A traveling troubadour named Jack Fate (Bob Dylan) is sprung from jail by his scheming former manager (John Goodman) to headline a concert with the expectations to bring peace to ..read more »
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from 1,733 member
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Gothika - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
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Gothika stars Halle Berry as Dr Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey's only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a ..read more »
61%
from 2,060 members
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Gothika
(2003)
Starring: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
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GOTHIKA stars Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey's only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a ..read more »
60%
from 34,048 members
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Blow - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente
Director: Ted Demme
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George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
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from 1,156 member
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Blow
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente
Director: Ted Demme
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George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
70%
from 16,036 members
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt
Director: John Madden
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In keeping with Hollywood's time-honoured tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles, director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work, CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940, the film tells the story of the beautiful ..read more »
61%
from 12,058 members
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Waking up in Reno
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze
Director: Jordan Brady
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Billy Bob Thornton, Natasha Richardson, Charlize Theron, and Patrick Swayze star in this redneck road trip comedy that is a twisted mixture of the 1969 wife-swapping classic BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE and 1997's VEGAS VACATION. Lonnie Earl (Thornton) is a self-centered Little Rock, Arkansas car ..read more »
54%
from 635 members
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Vanilla Sky
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend" Julie Gianni (..read more »
59%
from 20,782 members
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All The Pretty Horses
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Henry Thomas
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life...read more »
57%
from 1,674 member
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All About My Mother
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Pena
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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A birthday treat for single mother Manuela turns to disaster when her teenage son is killed in a car crash. Consumed by grief she goes to Barcelona to tell his father about the son he never knew he had, but he is a transvestite dying from an AIDS related illness... Spanish dialogue with English ..read more »
72%
from 22,090 members
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Woman On Top
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Anne Ramsey, Murilo Benicio
Director: Fina Torres
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Director Fina Torres presents a sweet and sour love story/fairy tale with WOMAN ON TOP, the quirky story of Isabella (Penelope Cruz) a top-notch chef and glowing beauty who suffers from motion sickness. Playing up all of these characteristics, the film explores two of Cruz's love affairs: one with ..read more »
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from 1,886 member
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The Girl Of Your Dreams
(1998)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz
Director: Fernando Trueba
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Post-Franco filmmaker Fernando Trueba's first Spanish-based feature since 1993's Oscar-winning Belle Epoque, La Nina de Tus Ojos begins in 1938, when Spain is torn by Civil War. As a sign of cordiality between General Franco and Adolph Hitler, a Spanish film crew is invited to Nazi Germany's UFA ..read more »
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from 461 members
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Open Your Eyes
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Chete Lera, Fele Martinez
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Certificate:
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It would appear that Cesar has everything going for him - he's charming, rich and unbelievably handsome. But as we find out in Open Your Eyes, appearances can be deceiving. On the night of his twenty-fifth birthday Cesar meets Sof'a, and for the first time, thinks that he may have found the ideal ..read more »
69%
from 7,623 members
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Live Flesh
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Victor, a young man from humble beginnings, falls in love with the daughter of a diplomat, with whom he shares his first sexual experience. Events become confused when Victor tries to see her again. Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
66%
from 8,261 members
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Jamon Jamon
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Anna Galiena, Javier Bardem, Jordi Molla
Director: Bigas Luna
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Class, sex, and food are the obsessions of this Spanish comedy drama, an international hit from writer and director J.J. Bigas Luna that plays like a cross between the lusty Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and the early work of Pedro Almodovar. In a small town in Spain's arid Monegros region, young ..read more »
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Penelope Cruz facts
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... has taken refuge with a local convent where she is looked after by Sister Rosa(Penelope Cruz) but Rosa reveals that she is pregnant.....also by Lola........
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