Arduíno Colassanti
Acting
Born 1936-02-15
Died 2014-02-22
Livorno, Italy
40 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
27 credits
Brava Gente
Amazônia
Os Gigantes
Sunstroke
Bela Donna
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
The Girl from Ipanema
A Doce Mulher Amada
Tropclip
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Love, Carnival and Dreams
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
The Brazilwood Man
The Oyster and the Wind
After Eight... Forever
Scent of Gardenias
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Quilombo
The Men I Had
The Alienist
Lara
Mãos Vazias
Memories of Helen
Hunger for Love
Other credits
13 credits
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
Minha Namorada
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
Salvar o Brasil
A Virgem Prometida
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
Oceano Atlantis
Leila Diniz
Who Is Beta?
E Pluribus Una
Procura-se uma Virgem
Brazil Year 2000
El Justicero
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