{"id":3636,"date":"2023-08-07T06:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T00:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perthescortsdirectory.com.au\/blog\/10-films-for-survivors-of-psychopathic-abuse\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T06:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T00:34:35","slug":"10-films-for-survivors-of-psychopathic-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perthescortsdirectory.com.au\/blog\/10-films-for-survivors-of-psychopathic-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Films for Survivors of Psychopathic Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Survivors of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/narcissism\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at narcissistic\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">narcissistic<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/psychopathy\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at psychopathic\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">psychopathic<\/a> abuse are often left bereft of resources. For victims of psychopaths, especially, typical forms of social redress are either unavailable or insufficient. Psychopaths may be experts at manipulating those in their orbit. Their often cool, callous, and charming demeanor means they may be able to seduce even the strongest among us. Police officers, doctors, lawyers, judges, juries, social workers, and therapists are not immune to their manipulations.<\/p>\n<p>Because psychopathic abuse attacks a person\u2019s insides\u2014their emotions, perceptions, thoughts, language, sense of self and others, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/spirituality\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at spirituality\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">spirituality<\/a>\u2014it\u2019s difficult for outsiders to perceive the damage done. Victims can appear to be the \u201cproblem\u201d in the relationship because of their emotional dysregulation, lack of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/confidence\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at self-confidence\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">self-confidence<\/a>, and profound <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/fear\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at paranoia\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">paranoia<\/a> of others.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s worse, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/blog\/the-couch-potato-plato\/202308\/navigating-institutional-betrayal-review-of-know-my-name\">as I\u2019ve written elsewhere<\/a>, institutions like the court system often re-victimize survivors when they seek justice, resulting in what Jennifer Freyd calls \u201cinstitutional betrayal.\u201d Even when survivors win in court, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/grief\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at grief\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">grief<\/a> and pain linger, often for the remainder of a victim\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Horror films offer survivors the opportunity to imagine worlds where psychopathic characters get their due. Abuse survivors may have what&#8217;s known as complex <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/post-traumatic-stress-disorder\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at PTSD\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">PTSD<\/a> (C-PTSD). A classic symptom of this disorder is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/fantasies\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at fantasies\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">fantasies<\/a> of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/punishment\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at revenge\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">revenge<\/a> upon the person or people who inflicted the abuse.<\/p>\n<p>One way survivors can work with these fantasies is by watching films where justice <em>is <\/em>available to survivors. Some of these films offer a spiritual comeuppance where otherworldly figures can intervene where mortals cannot.<\/p>\n<p>The following ten films give survivors what they may so lack in the real world: a sense of cosmic balance. In the real world, survivors are often asked to offer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/forgiveness\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at forgiveness\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">forgiveness<\/a> to properly heal. These films complicate forgiveness and encourage survivors not to \u201cspiritually bypass\u201d through necessary feelings of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/anger\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at rage\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">rage<\/a> and desires for revenge.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of running towards forgiveness to appease outsiders\u2019 expectations or society\u2019s demands, psychopathic abuse survivors can use these films to honor the complexity and darkness of grief and healing. These films insist that fantasies of revenge can be channeled in a safe-enough way to inspire survivors to keep going, despite the obstacles that lay ahead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. &#8220;I Care a Lot&#8221; (J Blakeson 2020, Netflix)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Still from Netflix's \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/pike.jpeg.jpg?itok=laA3WGbh\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Rosamund Pike as Marla Grayson in Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;I Care A Lot&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still from Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;I Care A Lot,&#8221; dir. J Blakeson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rosamund Pike nabbed a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Marla Grayson, a con artist who preys upon rich elderly people by becoming their legal guardian and liquidating their assets. Grayson has all the hallmarks of a slick psychopath: callous, unemotional, fearless, and just fucking cool. All is well until she messes with Dianne Wiest\u2019s Jennifer Peters, a woman with ties to some powerful men.<\/p>\n<p>I felt the ending was a cop-out, but the performances throughout are scrumptious. Check out this film if you\u2019re looking for a showdown between two psychopaths and the increasingly chaotic mayhem they put each other through.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. &#8220;The Nightingale&#8221; (Jennifer Kent 2018, Hulu)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Causeway Films, dir. Jennifer Kent, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/Nightingale.jpeg.jpg?itok=8o4x3f6q\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Aisling Franciosi in Jennifer Kent&#8217;s &#8220;The Nightingale,&#8221; 2018<\/p>\n<p>Causeway Films, dir. Jennifer Kent, &#8220;The Nightingale,&#8221; 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jennifer Kent\u2019s follow-up to the beloved 2014 &#8220;The Babadook&#8221; trades in a story of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/magical-thinking\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at supernatural\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">supernatural<\/a> grief for a piece of brutal historical realism. Aisling Franciosi plays Claire, an Irish convict sent to Tasmania in 1825. She goes on a cross-country quest for revenge with an Aboriginal man named Billy (Baykali Ganambarr).<\/p>\n<p>When I saw this film in theaters, I walked out, only able to return to the film a year later. This isn\u2019t an easy watch. By framing the white colonizers in such a bleak, callous, unemotional light, however, Kent reveals how colonial ideology is held up by psychopathic desires.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. &#8220;The Innocents&#8221; (&#8220;De uskyldige&#8221; in Norwegian, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eskil_Vogt\" title=\"Eskil Vogt\">Eskil Vogt<\/a> 2021, Shudder)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IFC Films, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/innocents.jpg?itok=8HoPNdfg\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Innocents&#8221; Movie Poster<\/p>\n<p>IFC Films, &#8220;The Innocents,&#8221; dir. Eskil Vogt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This strange Norwegian film asks what would happen if a superhero were born a psychopath. Director Vogt doesn\u2019t <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/shyness\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at shy\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">shy<\/a> away from depicting the cruelty of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/child-development\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at childhood\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">childhood<\/a>, even for children who will eventually grow into <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/empathy\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at empathic\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">empathic<\/a> adults.<\/p>\n<p>Emotional and physical neglect, childhood rage, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/neurodiversity\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at neurodiversity\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">neurodiversity<\/a> are all on display here, though the racial <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/politics\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at politics\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">politics<\/a> of the film were underbaked for this film viewer. Still, &#8220;The Innocents&#8221;<em> <\/em>gets major points for adding to the \u201ccreepy kid\u201d genre with surprising and cathartic results. <\/p>\n<div class=\"card-group card-group--condensed card-group--border-bottom d-lg-none\">\n<p>Psychopathy Essential Reads<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>7. &#8220;Addams\u2019 Family Values&#8221; (Barry Sonnenfeld 1993, YouTube, The Roku Channel)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/Debbie.jpeg.jpg?itok=CooyhK1X\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Joan Cusack as the scene-stealing Debbie Jelinsky<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Addams&#8217; Family Values,&#8221; 1993, Paramount Pictures, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not all revenge fantasies need be dour. 1993\u2019s &#8220;Addams\u2019 Family Values&#8221;<em> <\/em>was a staple on my television screen growing up in the mid-90s. Joan Cusack\u2019s turn as the pastel psychopathic \u201cblack widow\u201d Debbie Jelinsky is a master class in camp.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the cast\u2014including such heavy hitters as Angelica Houston, Christina Ricci, Christine Baranski, and Christopher Lloyd\u2014skewer suburban norms with such deadpan glee that you can\u2019t help but smile. Cusack\u2019s closing speech includes what was once the best monologue delivered about a Barbie on film, topped only by this year\u2019s &#8220;Barbie&#8221;<em> <\/em>(2023).<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. &#8220;Violation&#8221; (Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli 2020, Shudder)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One Plus One; MPI Media Group, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/violation-review-shudder.jpg?itok=BIK7ObwU\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Movie Poster for &#8220;Violation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One Plus One; MPI Media Group, &#8220;Violation,&#8221; 2020, dirs. Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Violation&#8221;<em> <\/em>returns us to the harrowing. Star and co-director Madeline Sims-Fewer plays Miriam, a woman sexually assaulted by her brother-in-law. The film jumps between present and past\u2014a present where Miriam exacts revenge, and a past where no one, including Miriam\u2019s sister, believes her.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a cathartic film. Whatever pleasures we imagine we\u2019d feel when enacting revenge, this film shows a much less satisfying reality. <\/p>\n<p><strong>5. &#8220;A Dark Song&#8221; (Liam Gavin 2017, Amazon Prime AMC+)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IFC Films, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/adarksong-review.jpeg.jpg?itok=g1FggUwu\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Still from &#8220;A Dark Song,&#8221; Catherine Walker as Sophia<\/p>\n<p>IFC Films, &#8220;A Dark Song,&#8221; 2017, dir. Liam Gavin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Catherine Walker plays Sophia, a woman torn apart by grief after the death of her son. This taut, creepy, supernatural slow-burn sees Sophia isolating herself in an old manor with an occultist named Joseph. Joseph puts Sophia through any number of harrowing rituals to summon her guardian angel, an angel that will offer Sophia one wish. Sophia\u2019s wish is to enact revenge upon the man who killed her son.<\/p>\n<p>The film holds its cards close to its chest, never landing on whether this spiritual quest is nothing more than the delusions of a grieving woman. Stick around to the end for some true catharsis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. &#8220;Midnight&#8221; (Kwon Oh-seung 2021, Shudder)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CJ Entertainment, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/midnight.jpeg.jpg?itok=UBdroV2X\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Movie Poster for &#8220;Midnight&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CJ Entertainment, &#8220;Midnight,&#8221; 2022, dir. Kwon Oh-seung<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This South Korean horror-thriller sets up a cat-and-mouse chase between a deaf and mute woman and her mother when they accidentally get in the path of a murderous psychopath. The creative sound design creates a mesmerizing film experience.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many moments where the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/serial-killers\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at serial killer\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">serial killer<\/a> is almost caught, only to talk his way out of whatever bind he finds himself in. Many survivors will find themselves screaming at the cops on screen in solidarity with the film\u2019s protagonists when the serial killer manipulates reality with ease. <\/p>\n<p><strong>3. &#8220;Glorious&#8221; (Rebekah McKendry 2022, Shudder)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shudder, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/glorious.jpeg.jpg?itok=Xj90NhJQ\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Movie Poster for &#8220;Glorious&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shudder, &#8220;Glorious,&#8221; 2022, dir. Rebekah McKendry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A man reeling from a recent breakup gets drunk, passes out, and the next morning enters a bathroom where a demigod named Ghatanothoa speaks to him through a glory hole, setting off a chain of events that might end with the destruction of the universe. And that\u2019s just the first ten minutes of the film.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason this film is on this list, but it\u2019s best not to reveal any spoilers. Go into this film without any expectations and get the popcorn ready. It\u2019s a fun, bloody ride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. &#8220;A Wounded Fawn&#8221; (Travis Stevens 2022, Shudder)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shudder, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/a-wounded-fawn-greek-mythology.jpeg.jpg?itok=DkvA20ZA\" width=\"639\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Still from &#8220;A Wounded Fawn&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shudder, &#8220;A Wounded Fawn,&#8221; 2022, dir. Travis Stevens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A Wounded Fawn&#8221;<em> <\/em>turns towards the spiritual to teach a psychopathic man a lesson. The film uses Greco-Roman mythical beings to intervene in the lives of mortals when a predator can\u2019t be stopped by ordinary means.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something so satisfying about a psychopath meeting spiritual justice, particularly as such characters lack remorse, empathy, or an awareness of anything beyond the material here and now. <\/p>\n<p><strong>1. &#8220;Revenge&#8221; (Coralie Fargeat 2017, Shudder)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article_inline_full\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rezo Films, \" class=\"image-article_inline_full_caption\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.psychologytoday.com\/assets\/styles\/article_inline_full_caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2023-08\/Revenge-2017-movie.jpg?itok=VR4n7Iah\" width=\"400\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Movie Poster for &#8220;Revenge&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rezo Films, &#8220;Revenge,&#8221; 2017, dir. Coralie Fargeat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What revenge list would be complete without Coralie Fargeat\u2019s 2017 film, &#8220;Revenge&#8221;? The film has Laura Mulvey\u2019s 1973 article, \u201cNarrative Cinema and Visual Pleasure,\u201d on its mind.<\/p>\n<p>In this seminal work, Mulvey uses <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/psychoanalysis\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at psychoanalysis\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">psychoanalysis<\/a> to lay out concepts such as the male gaze, female fetishization, and phallocentric narcissistic <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/projection\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at projective identification\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">projective identification<\/a>. Fargeat\u2019s film begins by using sexualizing film techniques common for the male gaze: a focus on the young woman\u2019s body, skimpy costume designs, and an isolated mise-en-scene. As viewers, we\u2019re complicit in sexualizing this young woman just like the men in her orbit.<\/p>\n<p>That changes, however, after she&#8217;s sexually assaulted and left for dead. Pay <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/basics\/attention\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at attention\" class=\"basics-link\" hreflang=\"en-AU\">attention<\/a> to point-of-view shots, especially, to determine which character is in control at any given moment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/au\/blog\/the-couch-potato-plato\/202308\/10-films-for-survivors-of-psychopathic-abuse\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Survivors of narcissistic and psychopathic abuse are often left bereft of resources. For victims of psychopaths, especially, typical forms of social redress are either unavailable or insufficient. Psychopaths may be experts at manipulating those in their orbit. 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