Arduíno Colassanti
Acting
Born February 15, 1936 · Livorno, Italy
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, Walt…
Known For · 39 titles
Amazônia
Brava Gente
Os Gigantes
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
Bela Donna
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Minha Namorada
A Virgem Prometida
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
Salvar o Brasil
Love, Carnival and Dreams
A Doce Mulher Amada
E Pluribus Una
The Girl from Ipanema
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
Quilombo
Oceano Atlantis
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
After Eight... Forever
Who Is Beta?
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Lara
The Brazilwood Man
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
The Oyster and the Wind
Leila Diniz
Sunstroke
El Justicero
The Alienist
The Men I Had
Brazil Year 2000
Procura-se uma Virgem
Memories of Helen
Hunger for Love
Tropclip
Mãos Vazias