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+# ---- Base Node ----
+FROM node:14 AS base
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+# ---- Dependencies ----
+FROM base AS dependencies
+RUN npm set progress=false && npm config set depth 0
+RUN npm install --only=production
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+# ---- Copy Frontend Artifacts ----
+# Separate stage for extracting frontend build artifacts
+FROM dependencies AS frontend-artifacts
+RUN mkdir -p /app/public
+RUN cp -R build/ /app/public/
+
+# ---- Python Base ----
+FROM python:3.8 AS python-base
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=frontend-artifacts /app/public /app/public
+COPY backend/requirements.txt /app/
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# ---- Copy Backend Code ----
+FROM python-base AS backend-code
+COPY backend /app
+
+# ---- Release with Gunicorn ----
+FROM backend-code AS release
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PATH="/app:${PATH}"
+
+# Expose port for the backend
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Start Gunicorn
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8080", "--workers", "3", "--threads", "3", "TheMovieVerseApp.wsgi:application"]