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Let's run away to Venice, and hide out in an old movie theater. We can dye our hair blonde, so no one will ever find us!

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Cornelia Funke
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 10
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Screenwriter
Writer
Running
Away
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Venice
Ever
Blonde
Hide
Theater
Hair
Movie

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