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person_profile-Arduíno Colassanti

Arduíno Colassanti Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Feb 14, 1936

Country of birth:

Italy

Died:

Feb 21, 2014

Biography of

Arduíno Colassanti

    Arduíno Colassanti (15 February 1936 – 22 February 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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Arduíno Colassanti

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Filmography of

Arduíno Colassanti

Found 24 Movies in total

Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City

Chefe dos Selvagens ( Actor )

... 2004

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio ( Actor )

... 2000

Bela Donna

Capitão ( Actor )

... 1998

The Oyster and the Wind

Magari ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1993

... 1987

... 1987

... 1985

Quilombo

Blaer ( Actor )

... 1984

The Brazilwood Man

Cristo ( Actor )

... 1982

O Caçador de Esmeraldas

Borba Gato ( Actor )

... 1979

The Men I Had

Peter ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1972

Love, Carnival and Dreams

Tristão/Oxóssi ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1971

... 1971

The Alienist

Porfírio ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1970

Memories of Helen

Renato ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1968

The Girl from Ipanema

Pedro Paulo ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1967