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

Brava Gente

Amazônia

Os Gigantes

El Justicero

Bela Donna

The Brazilwood Man

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Quilombo

All Movies (36)

• Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul2010
• Sunstroke2010 · as Homem do Café
• Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City2004 · as Chefe dos Selvagens
• Lara2002 · as Pescador
• Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion2000 · as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
• Bela Donna1998 · as Capitão
• The Oyster and the Wind1997 · as Magari
• Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional1997 · as Self
• Oceano Atlantis1993
• Leila Diniz1987
• After Eight... Forever1987 · as Pai
• Salvar o Brasil1987
• E Pluribus Una1986
• Tropclip1985 · as Pai de Krishna
• Quilombo1984 · as Blaer
• The Brazilwood Man1982 · as Cristo
• O Caçador de Esmeraldas1979 · as Borba Gato
• Daniel, Capanga de Deus1978
• Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável1974 · as Feitor
• The Men I've Had1973 · as Peter
• Procura-se uma Virgem1972
• Who Is Beta?1972
• Love, Carnival and Dreams1972 · as Tristão/Oxóssi
• How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman1971 · as Francês
• Mãos Vazias1971 · as Mário
• The Alienist1970 · as Porfírio
• Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis1970
• Minha Namorada1970
• Brazil Year 20001969
• Memories of Helen1969 · as Renato
• A Doce Mulher Amada1969 · as Egberto
• Hunger for Love1968 · as Felipe
• A Virgem Prometida1968
• The Girl from Ipanema1967 · as Pedro Paulo
• Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo1967 · as Self
• El Justicero1967

All TV Shows (3)

• Brava Gente2000 · as Convidado
• Amazônia1991 · as marido da Balzaquiana
• Os Gigantes1979 · as Príncipe Renato Di Lorenzo