Arduíno Colassanti
Actor
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.
Filmography
Bela Donna
as Capitão 1998
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
as Chefe dos Selvagens 2004
The Oyster and the Wind
as Magari 1997
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio 2000
Quilombo
as Blaer 1984
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self 1967
The Alienist
as Porfírio 1970
Hunger for Love
as Felipe 1968
The Brazilwood Man
as Cristo 1982
Leila Diniz
1987
El Justicero
1967
Brazil Year 2000
1969
The Men I've Had
as Peter 1973
Who Is Beta?
1972
The Girl from Ipanema
as Pedro Paulo 1967
Minha Namorada
1970