Like Two Crocodiles

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Like Two Crocodiles
(Come due coccodrilli)
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Directed by Giacomo Campiotti
Written by Aleksandr Adabashyan
Giacomo Campiotti
Marco Piatti
Produced by Domenico Procacci
Starring Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Giancarlo Giannini
Valeria Golino
Cinematography Raffaele Mertes
Edited by Roberto Missiroli
Music by Stefano Caprioli
Production
companies
Fandango (Italy)
K'ien Productions (France)
Release date
  • July 19, 1995 (1995-07-19)(France)
Running time
100 min.
CountryItaly / France / UK
Language Italian

Like Two Crocodiles (original Italian title: Come due coccodrilli) is a 1994 Italian-French drama film directed and co-written by Giacomo Campiotti.

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Plot

A successful art dealer, the bastard son of an Italian aristocrat, returns to his family home to avenge himself against his evil stepbrothers.

Cast

Awards and nominations


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