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My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.

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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Thirty
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Minutes
Dies
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