Arduíno Colassanti
Acting
Born: 1936-02-15 in Livorno, Italy
Biography
Arduino 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
Amazônia
marido da Balzaquiana
Os Gigantes
Príncipe Renato Di Lorenzo
Brava Gente
Convidado
Bela Donna
Capitão
Minha Namorada
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Borba Gato
The Girl from Ipanema
Pedro Paulo
Oceano Atlantis
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Francês
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Tristão/Oxóssi
After Eight... Forever
Pai
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Chefe dos Selvagens
The Brazilwood Man
Cristo
Sunstroke
Homem do Café
The Oyster and the Wind
Magari
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
Salvar o Brasil
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
A Virgem Prometida
Who Is Beta?
Memories of Helen
Renato
Lara
Pescador
A Doce Mulher Amada
Egberto
Mãos Vazias
Mário
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Feitor
E Pluribus Una
Brazil Year 2000
Quilombo
Blaer
Leila Diniz
El Justicero
The Alienist
Porfírio
Procura-se uma Virgem
Tropclip
Pai de Krishna
Hunger for Love
Felipe
The Men I Had
Peter