Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson

Roy Arne Lennart Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his distinctive style of absurdist humor and melancholic depictions of human life. His personal style is characterized by long takes, and stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and grotesque. Over his career Andersson earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival. Andersson spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films; directing six feature-length films in six decades. He made his feature film debut with A Swedish Love Story (1970) followed by Giliap (1975). Anderson received the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for Songs from the Second Floor (2000). His film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) won the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion. He other notable films include You, the Living (2007), and About Endlessness (2019). Imdb Mini Bio By ; yusufpiskin

  • Title: Roy Andersson
  • Popularity: 2.087
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1943-03-31
  • Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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  • Also Known As: 로이 앤더슨, Roy Arne Lennart Andersson
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Roy Andersson Movies

  • 2018
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    Bergman: A Year in a Life

    Bergman: A Year in a Life

    7.4 2018 HD

    A focuses on 1957, one of the most prolific years for the Swedish director. During the year he shot two films, opened two of his most celebrated...

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  • 2001
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    You Do the Best You Can

    You Do the Best You Can

    1 2001 HD

    Follows Roy Andersson around different film festivals as he tries to launch his new film "Songs from the Second Floor" mixed with interviews with...

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  • 2000
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    Obsessions du deuxième étage

    Obsessions du deuxième étage

    1 2000 HD

    A portrait of the Swedish director Roy Andersson, dealing with obsessions of the film maker considered as the origins of his last incredible project...

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  • 2000
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    The Greatness of the Small Man

    The Greatness of the Small Man

    1 2000 HD

    Documentary depicting Swedish director Roy Andersson in how he transforms his thoughts about the prevailing social climate, evil and superstition to...

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  • 1998
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    Life at Any Cost

    Life at Any Cost

    6.5 1998 HD

    A documentary about acclaimed Swedish film director Bo Widerberg.

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  • 2004
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    With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

    With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

    1 2004 HD

    A documentary by Ronny Svensson and Markus Stromqvist on the making of Bo Widerberg's 1976 movie Man on the Roof, featuring extensive interviews with...

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  • 2011
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    Tomorrow's Another Day

    Tomorrow's Another Day

    6 2011 HD

    2011 documentary about Swedish film director Roy Andersson and his unique way of making films. Shot during the four-year-long filming Andersson's...

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  • 2012
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    Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!

    Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!

    1 2012 HD

    A documentary about Roy Andersson.

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  • 2024
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    The Andersson Brothers

    The Andersson Brothers

    8 2024 HD

    A tender portrayal of four stubborn brothers becomes a touching contemporary Swedish family chronicle about dreams, class, heritage, and the...

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  • 2012
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    Room 1112

    Room 1112

    6 2012 HD

    In room 1112 at hotel Riverton during Göteborg's 2011 film festival, director Jonas Selberg Augustsén brings together some of Sweden's...

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  • 2017
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    Citizen Schein

    Citizen Schein

    6 2017 HD

    Harry Schein was an anomaly in Swedish cultural society. Equal parts playboy, intellectual, and political visionary, his life story could very well...

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  • 2009
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    På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson

    På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson

    1 2009 HD

    Gothenburg Film Festival's new honorary chairman Roy Andersson talks about the adversities after the film "Giliap", revealing that he does not always...

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  • 2020
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    Being a Human Person

    Being a Human Person

    5.7 2020 HD

    At 76, Swedish auteur Roy Andersson is about to complete his last film. With the end of his career in sight, the central thematic concerns of Roy's...

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  • 2007
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    You, the Living

    You, the Living

    7.069 2007 HD

    In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just...

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  • 2007
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    You, the Living

    You, the Living

    7.069 2007 HD

    In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just...

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  • 1970
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    A Swedish Love Story

    A Swedish Love Story

    7.1 1970 HD

    The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about...

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  • 1987
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    Something Has Happened

    Something Has Happened

    7.1 1987 HD

    An educational film about AIDS contracted by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, later to be withdrawn due to its controversial content.

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  • 2000
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    Songs from the Second Floor

    Songs from the Second Floor

    7.1 2000 HD

    A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

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  • 2000
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    Songs from the Second Floor

    Songs from the Second Floor

    7.1 2000 HD

    A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

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  • 1991
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    World of Glory

    World of Glory

    7.154 1991 HD

    The narrative portrays a plain man who guides the viewer through his life in a bleakly stylised world.

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  • 1975
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    Giliap

    Giliap

    5.3 1975 HD

    In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a...

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  • 1975
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    Giliap

    Giliap

    5.3 1975 HD

    In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a...

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  • 1975
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    Giliap

    Giliap

    5.3 1975 HD

    In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a...

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  • 1987
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    Something Has Happened

    Something Has Happened

    7.1 1987 HD

    An educational film about AIDS contracted by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, later to be withdrawn due to its controversial content.

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  • 1987
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    Something Has Happened

    Something Has Happened

    7.1 1987 HD

    An educational film about AIDS contracted by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, later to be withdrawn due to its controversial content.

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  • 2014
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    A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    6.8 2014 HD

    An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on...

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  • 1969
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    Saturday October 5th

    Saturday October 5th

    5.1 1969 HD

    One day, Saturday October 5th, in a man's life.

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  • 1968
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    To Fetch a Bike

    To Fetch a Bike

    4.4 1968 HD

    Roy Andersson's short movies focus on working class and youth daily life, capturing and portraying a small slice of his characters' day.

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  • 1968
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    To Fetch a Bike

    To Fetch a Bike

    4.4 1968 HD

    Roy Andersson's short movies focus on working class and youth daily life, capturing and portraying a small slice of his characters' day.

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  • 1967
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    Visiting One's Son

    Visiting One's Son

    4.9 1967 HD

    A student is visited in his university lodgings by his critical parents.

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  • 1979
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    So Terribly Unnecessary

    So Terribly Unnecessary

    1 1979 HD

    Documentary about children and accidents focusing on a family who lost their son who fell down a well.

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  • 1979
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    So Terribly Unnecessary

    So Terribly Unnecessary

    1 1979 HD

    Documentary about children and accidents focusing on a family who lost their son who fell down a well.

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  • 1985
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    Why Should We Care About Each Other?

    Why Should We Care About Each Other?

    8 1985 HD

    Political ad for the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the 1985 election.

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  • 1969
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    Saturday October 5th

    Saturday October 5th

    5.1 1969 HD

    One day, Saturday October 5th, in a man's life.

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  • 1969
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    Saturday October 5th

    Saturday October 5th

    5.1 1969 HD

    One day, Saturday October 5th, in a man's life.

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  • 1968
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    The White Match

    The White Match

    6.9 1968 HD

    Documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Båstad, Sweden. In a series of...

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  • 2014
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    A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    6.8 2014 HD

    An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on...

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  • 1970
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    A Swedish Love Story

    A Swedish Love Story

    7.1 1970 HD

    The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about...

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  • 1985
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    Lotto - The Family

    Lotto - The Family

    8.5 1985 HD

    Lotto commercial with a family watching on TV.

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  • 1985
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    HSB - Spjälsängen

    HSB - Spjälsängen

    1 1985 HD

    Commercial.

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  • 1969
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    Adalen 31

    Adalen 31

    6.7 1969 HD

    A film about the 1931 Ådalen shootings, in which Swedish military forces opened fire against labour demonstrators in the Swedish sawmill...

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  • 1968
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    The White Match

    The White Match

    6.9 1968 HD

    Documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Båstad, Sweden. In a series of...

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  • 2019
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    About Endlessness

    About Endlessness

    6.5 2019 HD

    A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments...

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  • 1977
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    Trygg-Hansa - Glasrutan

    Trygg-Hansa - Glasrutan

    1 1977 HD

    Commercial.

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  • 1979
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    Fazer - The Bus

    Fazer - The Bus

    1 1979 HD

    Chocolate bar commercial.

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  • 1987
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    Preppens - Paret

    Preppens - Paret

    1 1987 HD

    Commercial.

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  • 1982
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    Trygg-Hansa - Bröllopet

    Trygg-Hansa - Bröllopet

    1 1982 HD

    Commercial.

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  • 1981
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    Fazer - Duck Hunting in the Weeds

    Fazer - Duck Hunting in the Weeds

    1 1981 HD

    Chocolate bar commercial.

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  • 1985
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    Jonny Roova

    Jonny Roova

    1 1985 HD

    Jonny Roova has his life and work at Kukkolaforsen in Tornedalen and it is a wonderful existence among people he has much in common with.

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  • 2019
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    About Endlessness

    About Endlessness

    6.5 2019 HD

    A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments...

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  • 2000
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    Songs from the Second Floor

    Songs from the Second Floor

    7.1 2000 HD

    A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

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  • 2000
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    Songs from the Second Floor

    Songs from the Second Floor

    7.1 2000 HD

    A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

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  • 1988
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    Felix Potato Strips

    Felix Potato Strips

    1 1988 HD

    Commercial.

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  • 2009
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    5 x Roy Andersson

    5 x Roy Andersson

    10 2009 HD

    PECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Booklet, Box Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: World of Glory (1991) Something Happened (1987) A film that...

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  • 2009
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    5 x Roy Andersson

    5 x Roy Andersson

    10 2009 HD

    PECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Booklet, Box Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: World of Glory (1991) Something Happened (1987) A film that...

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  • 2000
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    One Morning All Over the World

    One Morning All Over the World

    4.5 2000 HD

    An ad for an advertising company, consisting of 7-second sequence shots by 13 directors.

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  • 2007
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    Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

    Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

    6 2007 HD

    A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

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  • 2006
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    Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    6 2006 HD

    A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

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  • 2021
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    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    7.4 2021 HD

    In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful...

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  • 1991
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    World of Glory

    World of Glory

    7.154 1991 HD

    The narrative portrays a plain man who guides the viewer through his life in a bleakly stylised world.

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  • 2019
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    About Endlessness

    About Endlessness

    6.5 2019 HD

    A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments...

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