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.

Фільмографія

• 2010Naquela Noite ele Sonhou com um Mar Azul
• 2010Sunstroke — Homem do Café
• 2004Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City — Chefe dos Selvagens
• 2002Lara — Pescador
• Brava Gente — Convidado
• 2000Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion — Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
• 1998Bela Donna — Capitão
• 1997The Oyster and the Wind — Magari
• 1993Oceano Atlantis
• 1992Scent of Gardenias — Underwater Director of Photography
• Amazônia — marido da Balzaquiana
• 1987After Eight... Forever — Pai
• 1987Leila Diniz
• 1987Salvar o Brasil
• 1986E Pluribus Una
• 1985Tropclip — Pai de Krishna
• 1984Quilombo — Blaer
• 1982The Brazilwood Man — Cristo
• 1979O Caçador de Esmeraldas — Borba Gato
• Os Gigantes — Príncipe Renato Di Lorenzo
• 1978Daniel, Capanga de Deus
• 1974Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável — Feitor
• 1973The Men I Had — Peter
• 1972Love, Carnival and Dreams — Tristão/Oxóssi
• 1972Procura-se uma Virgem
• 1972Who Is Beta?
• 1971How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman — Francês
• 1971Mãos Vazias — Mário
• 1970Minha Namorada
• 1970The Alienist — Porfírio
• 1970Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
• 1969A Doce Mulher Amada — Egberto
• 1969Brazil Year 2000
• 1969Memories of Helen — Renato
• 1968A Virgem Prometida
• 1968Hunger for Love — Felipe
• 1967El Justicero
• 1967The Girl from Ipanema — Pedro Paulo

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (2)

• 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional — Self
• 1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo — Self