The Stepford Wives

Movie • 1975 • Horror  

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The urban aspirant photographer Joanna Eberhart moves from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut with her family. Her husband Walter Eberhart decided to live in a calm suburb, but Joanna did not like the neighborhood with beautiful and perfect housewives. She becomes friend of Bobbie Markowe and Charmaine Wimperis, and when they change Joanna tries to escape.
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Does the dog die?
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A dog is kidnapped but later revealed to be fine.
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there BDSM?
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The protagonist says in passing that her family members are dead
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Abandonment
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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amwhite91
The protagonist (and presumably) other women, are watched and followed by men in the association.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Gaslighting is a central theme in the movie and source material
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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past alcoholism is mentioned
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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a dead rat floating in water is shown
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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darkwingedove
The characters wonder if something is poisoning the water and drugging them, but it’s revealed it’s not the case
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
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Anonymous
main character cuts her finger in the 3rd act of the movie. it’s very quick & doesn’t look realistic
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Are there dislocations?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Not down the stairs but during a brief struggle, a man falls face down on the stairs.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Joanna stabs Bobbie after the matter’s “change” to see if she bleeds, which she does not
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
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Not infant but a woman's children are taken from her
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Major spoiler: It’s heavily implied that the robot doubles kill their human counterparts before replacing them
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Major spoiler: It’s heavily implied that the robot doubles kill their human counterparts before replacing them
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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The protagonist says in passing that her family members are dead
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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one scene near end where main character’s husband comes out of shadows suddenly and scares main character
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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darkwingedove
A mannequin is shown in the very first scene
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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crescendi
someone intentionally cuts their finger near the end; it's small and shown brief
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Mulu
A woman says on several occurences "i'd die for this recipe"
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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The protagonist tries to escape the town, but all the roads get blocked off
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Yes, mostly toward the end
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the last 10-15 minutes it’s stormy outside and there are frequently bright flashes of lightning
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Paranoia
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A main theme of the movie
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Bobbie mentions that she and her husband changed their Jewish surname in order to pursue what she calls "upward mobility"
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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An adult woman jokingly implies she'd be down to date a teenager boy
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Sex
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Nude under a transparent gown
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Is there bestiality?
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Joanna and Bobbie discuss losing their virginity in the past, but only in passing, and it isn’t shown
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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crescendi
references to sex; a couple having sex is overheard but nothing is shown.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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It is not a serious crash. Two cars back into one another in a parking lot
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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minimal blood shown
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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