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We look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility I've just never had to practise it.

Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
Screenwriter
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Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
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