Acting
Arduíno Colassanti
PT cinema · 37 credits
Born
15 February 1936
Died
22 February 2014 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Livorno, Italy
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
Filmography
Sunstroke
as Homem do Café
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
as Chefe dos Selvagens
Lara
as Pescador
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
Bela Donna
as Capitão
The Oyster and the Wind
as Magari
Scent of Gardenias
Underwater Director of Photography
Tropclip
as Pai de Krishna
Quilombo
as Blaer
The Brazilwood Man
as Cristo
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
as Borba Gato
The Men I Had
as Peter
Love, Carnival and Dreams
as Tristão/Oxóssi
Mãos Vazias
as Mário
The Alienist
as Porfírio
A Doce Mulher Amada
as Egberto
Memories of Helen
as Renato
Hunger for Love
as Felipe
The Girl from Ipanema
as Pedro Paulo