Arduíno Colassanti
Born: 1936-02-15 in Livorno, Italy
Died: 2014-02-22
Known For: Acting
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
2010
- Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
- Sunstroke as Homem do Café
2004
- Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City as Chefe dos Selvagens
2002
- Lara as Pescador
2000
- Brava Gente as Convidado
- Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
1998
- Bela Donna as Capitão
1997
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- The Oyster and the Wind as Magari
1993
1992
- Scent of Gardenias ... (Underwater Director of Photography)
1991
- Amazônia as marido da Balzaquiana
1987
1986
1985
- Tropclip as Pai de Krishna
1984
- Quilombo as Blaer
1982
- The Brazilwood Man as Cristo
1979
- Os Gigantes as Príncipe Renato Di Lorenzo
- O Caçador de Esmeraldas as Borba Gato
1974
- Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável as Feitor
1973
- Os Homens Que eu Tive as Peter
1972
- Love, Carnival and Dreams as Tristão/Oxóssi
- Who Is Beta?
- Procura-se uma Virgem
1971
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman as Francês
- Mãos Vazias as Mário
1970
- Minha Namorada
- Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
- The Alienist as Porfírio
1969
- A Doce Mulher Amada as Egberto
- Brazil Year 2000
- Memories of Helen as Renato
1968
- A Virgem Prometida
- Hunger for Love as Felipe
1967
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo as Self
- The Girl from Ipanema as Pedro Paulo
- El Justicero