Mataindios

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In a remote village grappling with the unresolved trauma of multiple disappearances, four villagers decide to organize a festival to honor their town’s patron saint, hoping the celebration will finally bring an end to their years of mourning. They believe that if the saint is pleased, their collective grief will be alleviated, and the pain of their lost loved ones will be symbolically buried. Despite facing numerous challenges, the villagers persevere, driven by faith and hope. However, when one of the four organizers suffers a devastating accident, they fear this could be a bad omen—a sign that the patron saint may not wish to intervene in their suffering after all.

The film explores the fine line between faith and superstition, and the complex interplay between cultural rituals, collective memory, and the search for closure in the aftermath of profound loss.

“An emotional film full of poetic images and whose protagonists are the inhabitants of the community of Huangáscar, Yauyos, in the southern highlands of Lima.” – El Comercio (Perú)

"‘Mataindios’, the film starring the inhabitants of the Huangáscar district themselves.” – Clara Giraldo, Infobae

“An anti-commercial and irreverent film about Andean pain.” – Alexandra Montoya Casillas, El Búho

"'A ritual about decolonization." Carlos Esquives, Cinencuentro” – Carlos Esquivez, Cinencuentro

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Main credits

Sánchez Saldaña, Oscar (film director)
Sánchez Saldaña, Oscar (screenwriter)
Sánchez Saldaña, Oscar (film producer)
Julca Motta, Robert (film director)
Julca Motta, Robert (screenwriter)
Solano, Carlos (actor)
Aures, Nataly (actor)
Vivas, José (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Marco Arauco Tuesta; editing, Robert Julca Motta; music, Marco Antonio Dávalos.

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Prologue

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I don’t think my hand can...

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What!

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Our patron saint will be hands tied.

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Yours, your hand cousin.

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He might want
another administrator’s hand

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Yours will be...

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Yours, let’s see mommy...

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Yours, he might want your hand

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Patron saint might be asleep.

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Patron saint, we want to honor you
with a chant...

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We’ll throw a big party for you
patron saint...

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and you’ll be happy...

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bless us...

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Patron saint, we’re here
to honor you...

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we’re fully devoted...

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we’ve come for your blessing...

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Patron saint, we’re here
to honor you...

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Chapter I
Flowers for the patron

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Look Isaquita,
this year might be beautiful...

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You\'ll see. The patron will
send us some rain.

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Leandrita, sweetie...

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Please, collect the nicest flowers
for his party.

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We must treat the patron
like a bride, sweetie.

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Black roads....

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the ground is covering...

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lands...

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stars disappear...

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the spotlight...

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the spotlight...

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the spotlight...

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my house goes away...

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my house goes away...

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my house goes away...

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Chapter II
A cloak for the patron

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Remember, cousin?

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On the eve of the patron saint festival.

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It went bang! bang! bang!

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It wasn\'t my time.

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I don\'t know how I made it.

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Ok, quiet!

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Quiet!, quiet!

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You’ll look pretty!

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They stole Avicha\'s cows and sheep.

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Remember, mommy?

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She, stupidly, try to
follow...

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We just heard screams Mommy!

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Silly Avicha, wow!

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Leandrita\'s parents were ill.

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Yet, they were taken to the hill.

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They might be on their second honeymoon.

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It looks beautiful, mommy!

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The patron will look so handsome!

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They\'d blindfold me and then drown me
tied to a board...

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I was almost vanished mommy.
I was told knitting is bad.

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Nobody knits anymore.
Even my son wants to go to Lima.

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Surely, the patron has saved me
to knit his cloak.

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Chapter III
Music for the patron

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We sing to celebrate you, patron,

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your sweet light will guide us.

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We sing to celebrate you, patron,

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your sweet light will guide us.

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We sing to celebrate you, patron,

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your sweet light will guide us.

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We sing to celebrate you, patron,

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your sweet light will guide us.

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Speak! Speak!

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Speak, Avicha! Yes, yes speak...

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Yes, speak Avicha...
Do it, Avicha!

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We had a merry Christmas

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in my parents\' house,

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this time I brought a guinea pig,

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and my Mateo is slaughtering the ram,

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we might slaughter a turkey next year.

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Bravo, Avicha, bravo,
well done Avicha, hooray, hooray!

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Speak! Speak!

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Three hoorays for the patron saint!

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Chapter IV
Mass for the patron

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-Welcome.
-Thanks.

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Good morning, father.

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Welcome.

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Hello, father.

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We sing to celebrate you,

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your sweet light will guide us.

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We sing celebrate to you,

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your sweet light will guide us.

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Your word we\'ll listen,
and your blessing we\'ll pray,

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to get rid of this mourning.

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Your word we\'ll listen,
and your blessing we\'ll pray,

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to get rid of this mourning.

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I confess to almighty God,

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to the patron saint

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and to you, my brothers and sisters,

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that I have sinned through my own fault,

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in my thoughts and words.

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In what I have done,

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and in what I have failed to do.

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For you alone are the Holy one...

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you alone are the Lord...

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you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ...

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with the Holy Spirit...

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in the glory of God the Father...

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Glory, glory, hallelujah...

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Glory, glory, hallelujah...

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in the name of God.

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Today we are celebrating our dear
patron saint Santiago,

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we must honor him
as the major Saint he is.

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Santiago was Jacob, Zebedeo\'s son.

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He was one of the first disciples to shed
blood and die for Jesus.

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Santiago was beheaded during
the persecutions against the Christians,

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commanded by the King of Judah.

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We cannot forget that he was one of the three

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closest disciples to Jesus Christ.

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Apostle Santiago was not only present in two of
the most important moments of the Messiah,

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the transfiguration at Mount Tabor,

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and the prayer at
the Garden of Olives,

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but was also part of a limited group of
witnesses

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of his last miracle:

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his appearance, once risen,
at Lake Tiberias.

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After Christ\'s death; Santiago,
passionate and impulsive as he was,

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joined the initial group
of the Early Church of Jerusalem

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and, in his evangelizing work, he was
allocated the Spanish mainland.

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Santiago was the patron saint
of the Peninsula.

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A warrior who would eventually become

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the icon of Christian fight

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and one of the most powerful catholic
representatives until now.

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He was called \"the riding horror\".

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On Lucas, chapter 9,
versicles 51 to 56

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when Jesus tried to enter a
Samaritan town,

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he was rejected by the locals.

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Dismayed by their apathy,

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his disciple, Santiago, the Elder,
our patron saint,

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whom we honor today, and
whose blessing we implore, proposed:

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\"Lord, shall we make fire rain from
heaven to terminate them?\".

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We pray to you for the health of our beloved
Pilgrim Pope, the cardinal, the bishops

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and all the deceased Llaquiskayans:

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We pray to you now, almighty lord,

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and God of all the holy powers,

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we kneel before you,

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to send us the Holy Spirit over
these offerings,

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Evidence that this bread is the true
body of our Lord Jesus Christ

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and this chalice is the
Blood of Jesus Christ,

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may all these believers and people
get the life and resurrection,

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their sins forgiven, and
their souls and bodies saved.

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We offer this sacrifice to Jesus Christ,
in communion with the whole church.

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Rest in peace.

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Blessing.

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Rest in peace.

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Rest in peace.

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May our patron saint ease your pain.

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Rest in peace.

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Blessing.

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Rest in peace.

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Rest in peace.

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May our patron saint ease your pain.

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Rest in peace.

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Blessing.

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Rest in peace.

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Rest in peace.

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May our patron saint ease your pain.

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Rest in peace.

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Blessing.

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Rest in peace.

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Rest in peace.

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May our patron saint ease your pain.

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Chapter V
Complaints for the patron

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Epilogue

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Giddy up horse!

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Giddy up horse!

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Oh, spooky!

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Oops, got him!

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Take him down!

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Three, two, one...now!

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There\'s nothing left.

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Mine came from back there

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Mine went really far.

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Mine got to the platform.

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How do we pull that?

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Mine got to the second platform.