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The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.

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Dario Argento
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: September 7
Composer
Director
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
The Eternal City
Sirio Bernadotte
Film
Heart
Love
Hopeless
Opera
Cold
Dark
Hope

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