Arduíno Colassanti

Person Details

Birthday: 1936-02-14 00:14:35

Death: 2014-02-21 00:14:35

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Livorno, Italy

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Movie Involvements: 14

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

Arduíno Colassanti (15 February 1936 – 22 February 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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2010	N/A	Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul 2010-06-07 Movie
	Homem do Café	Sunstroke 2010-03-26 Movie
2004	Chefe dos Selvagens	Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City 2004-12-10 Movie
2002	Pescador	Lara 2002-08-20 Movie
2000	Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio	Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion 2000-04-21 Movie
1997	Magari	The Oyster and the Wind 1997-10-17 Movie
	Self	Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional 1997-01-01 Movie
1993	N/A	Oceano Atlantis 1993-01-02 Movie
1987	N/A	Leila Diniz 1987-11-01 Movie
	Pai	After Eight... Forever 1987-03-11 Movie
1985	N/A	Tropclip 1985-07-29 Movie
1984	Blaer	Quilombo 1984-06-03 Movie
1982	Cristo	The Brazilwood Man 1982-02-22 Movie
1979	Borba Gato	O Caçador de Esmeraldas 1979-05-25 Movie
1978	N/A	Daniel, Capanga de Deus 1978-07-13 Movie
	N/A	Mulheres de Cinema 1978-06-06 Movie
1974	N/A	Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável 1974-02-25 Movie
1973	Peter	Os Homens Que eu Tive 1973-05-25 Movie
1972	N/A	Procura-se uma Virgem 1972-05-02 Movie
	N/A	Who Is Beta? 1972-04-11 Movie
	Tristão/Oxóssi	Love, Carnival and Dreams 1972-02-11 Movie
1971	Francês	How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman 1971-06-01 Movie
	N/A	Mãos Vazias 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Porfírio	The Alienist 1970-09-21 Movie
	N/A	Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis 1970-05-31 Movie
	N/A	Minha Namorada 1970-01-01 Movie
1969	N/A	Brazil Year 2000 1969-11-21 Movie
	Renato	Memória de Helena 1969-11-19 Movie
	N/A	A Doce Mulher Amada 1969-09-17 Movie
1968	Felipe	Hunger for Love 1968-10-15 Movie
	N/A	A Virgem Prometida 1968-03-11 Movie
1967	Pedro Paulo	The Girl from Ipanema 1967-05-26 Movie
	N/A	El Justicero 1967-04-13 Movie
	Self	Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo 1967-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv