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.

Known For

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

as Francês

Bela Donna

as Capitão

Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City

as Chefe dos Selvagens

The Oyster and the Wind

as Magari

Quilombo

as Blaer

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

as Self

Hunger for Love

as Felipe

The Brazilwood Man

as Cristo

The Alienist

as Porfírio