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Arduíno Colassanti

Arduíno Colassanti

Birthday: 1936-02-15 | Place of Birth: Livorno, Italy

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
Sunstroke

as    Homem do Café

1997
The Oyster and the Wind

as    Magari

1987
After Eight... Forever

as    Pai

1985
Tropclip

as    Pai de Krishna

1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas

as    Borba Gato

1973
The Men I've Had

as    Peter

1972
Love, Carnival and Dreams

as    Tristão/Oxóssi

1971
1971
Mãos Vazias

as    Mário

1970
The Alienist

as    Porfírio

1969
Memories of Helen

as    Renato

1968
Hunger for Love

as    Felipe

1967
The Girl from Ipanema

as    Pedro Paulo