Actor
Arduíno Colassanti
February 15, 1936 · 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.
Often works with
Manfredo Colassanti
6 titles together
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, The Alienist, Hunger for Love
Ana Maria Magalhães
5 titles together
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, The Alienist, The Girl from Ipanema
Nildo Parente
4 titles together
Bela Donna, The Alienist, Who Is Beta?
Isabel Ribeiro
4 titles together
The Alienist, The Men I Had, Who Is Beta?
Irene Stefânia
4 titles together
The Alienist, Hunger for Love, The Girl from Ipanema
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Gabriel Arcanjo
4 titles together
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, The Alienist, The Men I Had
Full filmography · 35
Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
cast
2010
Sunstroke
as Homem do Café
2010
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
as Chefe dos Selvagens
20045.1
Lara
as Pescador
2002
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
2000
Bela Donna
as Capitão
19985
The Oyster and the Wind
as Magari
19976.6
Oceano Atlantis
cast
1993
Leila Diniz
cast
1987
After Eight... Forever
as Pai
1987
Tropclip
as Pai de Krishna
1985
Quilombo
as Blaer
1984