Arduíno Colassanti
Date of birth: 1936-02-15
Place of birth: Livorno, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997-01-01
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affir
A Virgem Prometida
1968-03-11
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971-06-01
Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
1978-07-13
Love, Carnival and Dreams
1972-02-11
On Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a photogr
A Doce Mulher Amada
1969-09-17
A soap opera idol, lonely despite his fame and wealth, seeks a woman for companionship. He becomes i
Minha Namorada
1970-01-01
Middle-class teenage girl has a serious boyfriend that her parents approve of. Suddenly, she meets a
After Eight... Forever
1987-03-11
Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affa
Mãos Vazias
1971-01-01
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality after he
Procura-se uma Virgem
1972-05-02
Tropclip
1985-07-29
Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making
Sunstroke
2010-03-26
In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the del
Lara
2002-08-20
The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exc
The Oyster and the Wind
1997-10-17
A young girl named Marcela lives with her dad, Jose, a lighthouse keeper, and old Daniel on an islan
El Justicero
1967-04-13
A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian soci
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967-01-01
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo
Memories of Helen
1969-11-19
Couple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home movies
Bela Donna
1998-08-14
American couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. Hi
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
1979-05-25
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
The Alienist
1970-09-21
Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of m
The Girl from Ipanema
1967-05-26
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of
Oceano Atlantis
1993-01-02
In a Rio de Janeiro after the catastrophe, only the hills were immune to a flood that left the aspha
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
1970-05-31
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
1974-02-25
On a farm in rural Brazil in the 18th century, a new overseer arrives. He falls in love with one of
Hunger for Love
1968-10-15
An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant
Brazil Year 2000
1969-11-21
Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a
The Brazilwood Man
1982-02-22
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernis
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
2010-06-07
The Men I Had
1973-05-25
Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love a
Leila Diniz
1987-11-01
The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000-04-21
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian.
Quilombo
1984-06-03
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. Thi
Who Is Beta?
1972-04-11
The critical success in France of How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman made possible dos Santos’ deliri
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
2004-12-10
Deep in the Amazon rain forest, there is a lost subterranean city. The place was built by Vikings wh