Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1936-02-15
Day of Death
2014-02-22
Place of Birth
Livorno, Italy
Arduíno Colassanti
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 (36)
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
2010
Sunstroke
2010
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
2004Lara
2002
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000
Bela Donna
1998
The Oyster and the Wind
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
Oceano Atlantis
1993
Leila Diniz
1987
After Eight... Forever
1987Salvar o Brasil
1987E Pluribus Una
1986
Tropclip
1985
