
Arduíno Colassanti
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography

Sunstroke
2010
as Homem do Café

Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
2010

Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
2004
as Chefe dos Selvagens

Lara
2002
as Pescador

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
2000
as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio

Brava Gente
2000
as Convidado

Bela Donna
1998
as Capitão

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self

The Oyster and the Wind
1997
as Magari

Oceano Atlantis
1993

Amazônia
1991
as marido da Balzaquiana

After Eight... Forever
1987
as Pai

Leila Diniz
1987
Salvar o Brasil
1987
E Pluribus Una
1986

Tropclip
1985
as Pai de Krishna

Quilombo
1984
as Blaer

The Brazilwood Man
1982
as Cristo

O Caçador de Esmeraldas
1979
as Borba Gato

Os Gigantes
1979
as Príncipe Renato Di Lorenzo

Daniel, Capanga de Deus
1978

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
1974
as Feitor

The Men I Had
1973
as Peter

Love, Carnival and Dreams
1972
as Tristão/Oxóssi

Procura-se uma Virgem
1972

Who Is Beta?
1972

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1971
as Francês

Mãos Vazias
1971
as Mário

Minha Namorada
1970

The Alienist
1970
as Porfírio

Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
1970

A Doce Mulher Amada
1969
as Egberto

Memories of Helen
1969
as Renato

Brazil Year 2000
1969

A Virgem Prometida
1968

Hunger for Love
1968
as Felipe

El Justicero
1967

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
as Self

The Girl from Ipanema
1967
as Pedro Paulo