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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 15, 1936
Died
February 22, 2014
Place of Birth
Livorno, Italy
Arduíno Colassanti
0.1 Popularity
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
10.0
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
2010
4.5
Homem do Café
Sunstroke
2010
4.6
Chefe dos Selvagens
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
2004
🎬
6.5
Pescador
Lara
2002
7.0
Convidado
Brava Gente
2000
6.1
Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000
5.0
Capitão
Bela Donna
1998
6.2
Magari
The Oyster and the Wind
1997
0.0
Self
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
0.0
Oceano Atlantis
1993
Credits
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
2010
10.0
Sunstroke
as Homem do Café
2010
4.5
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
as Chefe dos Selvagens
2004
4.6
🎬
Lara
as Pescador
2002
6.5
Brava Gente
as Convidado
2000
7.0
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
2000
6.1
Bela Donna
as Capitão
1998
5.0
The Oyster and the Wind
as Magari
1997
6.2
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
0.0
Oceano Atlantis
1993
0.0
Leila Diniz
1987
5.6
After Eight... Forever
as Pai
1987
3.0
Tropclip
as Pai de Krishna
1985
0.0
Quilombo
as Blaer
1984
6.9
The Brazilwood Man
as Cristo
1982
4.8
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
as Borba Gato
1979
6.0
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
1978
0.0
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
1974
0.0
The Men I Had
as Peter
1973
4.7
Procura-se uma Virgem
1972
0.0
Who Is Beta?
1972
5.1
Love, Carnival and Dreams
as Tristão/Oxóssi
1972
2.0
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
as Francês
1971
6.2
Mãos Vazias
as Mário
1971
4.3
The Alienist
as Porfírio
1970
5.3
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
1970
0.0
Minha Namorada
1970
5.5
Brazil Year 2000
1969
6.1
Memories of Helen
as Renato
1969
0.0
A Doce Mulher Amada
1969
0.0
Hunger for Love
as Felipe
1968
5.2
A Virgem Prometida
1968
0.0
The Girl from Ipanema
as Pedro Paulo
1967
6.2
El Justicero
1967
5.4
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self
1967
7.5