Arduíno Colassanti
ActingArduino Colasanti (Livorno, February 15, 1936 — Niterói, February 22, 2014) was an Italian-born Brazilian actor. With a 40-year span, Colassanti's mainly associated with films made during the 1960s an 1970s, under the Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Wave) movement. He's known for portraing the titular frenchman in 1971s "Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês" (How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman). Seen as one of the main leading men of Cinema Novo by his distinguishable blond hair and blue eyes, during his career Colassanti was directed by filmmakers such as Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Leon Hirszman, Walter Lima Jr., Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Tereza Trautman and Luiz Carlos Lacerda. Born in Livorno, Italy, Colassanti was also a surfer and an pioneer in the early steps of aquatic photography in Brazil. He spent his twillight years in the city of Niterói, where he passed and was buried in 2014.
Known For
Quilombo
Blaer
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Bela Donna
Capitão
Leila Diniz
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
Who Is Beta?
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Francês
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
The Girl from Ipanema
Pedro Paulo
Filmography — Acting
Quilombo
Blaer
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Bela Donna
Capitão
Leila Diniz
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
Lara
Pescador
Who Is Beta?
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Francês
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
The Girl from Ipanema
Pedro Paulo
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Chefe dos Selvagens
The Brazilwood Man
Cristo
Brazil Year 2000
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Feitor
The Oyster and the Wind
Magari
Sunstroke
Homem do Café
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Borba Gato
After Eight... Forever
Pai
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Tristão/Oxóssi
El Justicero
Tropclip
Pai de Krishna
The Men I've Had
Peter
Mãos Vazias
Mário
Memories of Helen
Renato
Hunger for Love
Felipe
Oceano Atlantis
Salvar o Brasil
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
A Doce Mulher Amada
Egberto
Minha Namorada
Procura-se uma Virgem
The Alienist
Porfírio
E Pluribus Una
A Virgem Prometida
