Mexican-American sound engineer
Michelle Couttolenc |
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Couttolenc in 2021 | Occupation | Sound engineer |
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Michelle Couttolenc is a Mexican sound engineer.[1][2][3] She won an Academy Award in the category Best Sound and the BAFTA Award for Best Sound[4] for the film Sound of Metal.[5][6] Along with fellow nominees Jaime Baksht and Carlos Cortés Navarrete, she became the first Mexican sound engineer who won an Academy Award and the first Mexican woman sound engineer to ever be nominated.[7] She is also the recipient of six Ariel Awards for Best Sound.[8]
Selected filmography
Awards and nominations
Year
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Award
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Category
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Nominated Work
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Result
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Ref.
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2014
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound (Mejor sonido),
shared with Jaime Baksht and Pablo Tamez Sierra
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Tercera llamada
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Nominated
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[9]
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Best Sound,
shared with Jaime Baksht and Raúl Locatelli
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The Golden Dream
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Won
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[10]
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Fénix Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Matías Barberis, Jaime Baksht and Raúl Locatelli
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Won
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[11]
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2015
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Pedro González, Axel Muñoz,
Kiyoshi Osawa, Gabriel Reyna and Jaime Baksht
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Güeros
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Won
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[12]
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2016
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Matías Barberis and Jaime Baksht
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Gloria
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Won
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[13]
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2017
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Javier Umpierrez and Jaime Baksht
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The 4th Company
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Won
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[14]
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Best Sound,
shared with Fernando Cámara, Stan Mak, Steven Avila, Trip Brock and Jaime Baksht
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You're Killing Me Susana
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Nominated
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[15]
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2018
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Matías Barberis, Bernat Fortiana, Pablo Tamez Sierra and Jaime Baksht
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La libertad del diablo
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Nominated
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[16]
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Best Sound,
shared with Emilio Cortés, Martín Hernández, Alejandro Quevedo and Jaime Baksht
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Tigers Are Not Afraid
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Nominated
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Fénix Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Javier Umpierrez, Isabel Muñoz Cota and Jaime Baksht
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Museo
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Nominated
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[17]
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2019
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Ariel Awards
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Nominated
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[18]
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Best Sound,
shared with Raúl Locatelli, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Jaime Baksht and Javier Umpierrez
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Our Time
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Nominated
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2020
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Christian Giraud, Alejandro de Icaza and Jaime Baksht
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Belzebuth
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Nominated
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[19]
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Best Sound (Mejor dirección de sonido),
shared with Javier Umpierrez, Olaitan Agueh, Yuri Laguna
and Jaime Baksht
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I'm No Longer Here
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Won
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[20]
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2021
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Platino Awards
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Nominated
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[21]
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Raúl Locatelli, Alejandro de Icaza and Jaime Baksht
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New Order
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Nominated
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[22]
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Best Sound,
shared with José Miguel Enríquez, Federico González Jordán and
Jaime Baksht
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Tragic Jungle
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Nominated
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Academy Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete
and Phillip Bladh
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Sound of Metal
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Won
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[5]
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BAFTA Awards
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Won
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[4]
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Gold Derby Awards
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Won
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[23]
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Cinema Audio Society
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Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Live Action,
shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete,
Phillip Bladh and Kari Vähäkuopus
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Won
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[24]
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Satellite Awards
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Best Sound (Editing & Mixing),
shared with Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Carlos Cortés Navarrete,
Jaime Baksht and Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko
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Won
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[25]
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Latino Entertainment
Journalist Association
Film Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Carlos Cortés Navarrete,
Jaime Baksht and Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko
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Won
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[26]
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International Cinephile
Society Awards
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Best Sound Desing,
shared with Nicolas Becker and Phillip Bladh
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Won
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[27]
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International Online
Cinema Awards
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Best Sound Mixing,
shared with Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Jaime Baksht
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Won
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[28]
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Asociation of Motion
Picture Sound
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Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film,
shared with Phillip Bladh, Jeremy Eisener, Nicolas Becker and Jaime Baksht
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Won
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[29]
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Minnesota Film Critics
Alliance Awards
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Best Sound Work,
shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete
and Phillip Bladh
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Won
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[30]
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Hollywood Professional Association Awards
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Outstanding Sound - Teathrical Feature,
shared with Nicolas Becker, Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko,
Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Jaime Baksht
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Nominated
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[31]
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Golden Reel Awards
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Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film,
shared with Nicolas Becker and Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko
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Nominated
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[32]
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2022
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Guido Berenblum, Santiago Arroyo and Jaime Baksht
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El hoyo en la cerca
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Nominated
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[33]
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Best Sound,
shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Javier Umpierrez and Jaime Baksht
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A Cop Movie
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Nominated
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2023
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Macondo Awards
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Best Sound (Mejor sonido),
shared with Carlos García and Boris Herrera Allende
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The Kings of the World
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Won
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[34]
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Ensor Awards
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Best Sound (Beste Geluid),
shared with Jaime Baksht, Guilhem Donzel, Jeroen Truijens and
Loïc Collignon
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Rebel
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Nominated
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[35]
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2024
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Mucuripe Trophy
Cine Ceará Ibero-
American
Film Festival
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Best Sound (Melhor som)
shared with Jaime Baksht, Valeria López Mancheva and Lena Esquenazi
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En La Caliente: Tales of a Reggaeton Warrior
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Won
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[36]
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Ariel Awards
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Best Sound,
shared with Martin de Torcy, Lena Esquenazi and Jaime Baksht
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El eco
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Nominated
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[37]
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Gopo Awards
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Best Sound (Cel mai bun sunet),
shared with Hrvoje Radnic, Marius Leftãrache, Mariana Balan and
Jaime Baksht
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Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World
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Nominated
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[38]
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References
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- ^ Aguilar, Carlos (March 23, 2021). "Oscar-Nominated 'Sound of Metal' Bears Imprint of Mexican Post-Production Artists". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Garcia, Araceli (March 15, 2021). "Michelle Couttolenc, the Mexican who represents women at the Oscars 2021". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Film". Bafta. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ a b "The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (April 25, 2021). "'Sound of Metal' Wins New Sound Oscar, Combining Former Sound Editing and Mixing Categories". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Lando, Claudia (April 20, 2021). "Michelle Couttolenc, first Mexican sound engineer nominated for an Oscar". Uno TV (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Michelle Couttolenc - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "Tercera Llamada Para Los Premios Ariel 2021 – El Diario MX". eldiariomx.com (in Spanish). 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
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- ^ "AMPS AWARDS". www.amps.net. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
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- ^ "2021 HPA Awards". HPA – Hollywood Professional Association. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
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