Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 15, 1936
Died
Feb 22, 2014
Place of Birth
Livorno, Italy
Credits
40 titles
Arduíno Colassanti
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
Filmography
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
Sunstroke
Homem do Café
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Chefe dos Selvagens
Lara
Pescador
Brava Gente
Convidado
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
Bela Donna
Capitão
The Oyster and the Wind
Magari
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Oceano Atlantis
Scent of Gardenias
Underwater Director of Photography
Amazônia
marido da Balzaquiana
Leila Diniz
After Eight... Forever
Pai
Salvar o Brasil
E Pluribus Una
Tropclip
Pai de Krishna
Quilombo
Blaer
The Brazilwood Man
Cristo
Os Gigantes
Príncipe Renato Di Lorenzo
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Borba Gato
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Feitor
The Men I Had
Peter
Procura-se uma Virgem
Who Is Beta?
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Tristão/Oxóssi
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Francês
Mãos Vazias
Mário
The Alienist
Porfírio
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
Minha Namorada
Brazil Year 2000
Memories of Helen
Renato
A Doce Mulher Amada
Egberto
Hunger for Love
Felipe
A Virgem Prometida
The Girl from Ipanema
Pedro Paulo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
El Justicero