Arduíno Colassanti
Actor
- Born
- February 15, 1936 · Livorno, Italy
- Died
- February 22, 2014 (age 78)
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.
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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
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
June 1, 1971
Bela Donna
August 14, 1998
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
December 10, 2004
The Oyster and the Wind
October 17, 1997
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
April 21, 2000
Quilombo
June 3, 1984
The Alienist
September 21, 1970
Hunger for Love
October 15, 1968
The Brazilwood Man
February 22, 1982
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
April 16, 1967
Leila Diniz
November 1, 1987
El Justicero
April 13, 1967
Acting36
- 2010Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
- 2010Sunstroke as Homem do Café
- 2004Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City as Chefe dos Selvagens
- 2002Lara as Pescador
- 2000Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
- 1998Bela Donna as Capitão
- 1997The Oyster and the Wind as Magari
- 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1993Oceano Atlantis
- 1987Leila Diniz