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Arduíno Colassanti
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 m…
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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.
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- 2010
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2010
Sunstroke
Movie Homem do Café
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2004
Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Movie Chefe dos Selvagens
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2002
Lara
Movie Pescador
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2000
Brava Gente
TV show Convidado
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2000
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Movie Parceiro de Bilhar - Rio
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1998
Bela Donna
Movie Capitão
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1997
The Oyster and the Wind
Movie Magari
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1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Movie Self
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1993
Oceano Atlantis
Movie
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1992
Scent of Gardenias
Movie Underwater Director of Photography
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1991
Amazônia
TV show marido da Balzaquiana
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1987
Leila Diniz
Movie
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1987
After Eight... Forever
Movie Pai
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1987
Salvar o Brasil
Movie
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1986
E Pluribus Una
Movie
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1985
Tropclip
Movie Pai de Krishna
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1984
Quilombo
Movie Blaer
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1982
The Brazilwood Man
Movie Cristo
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1979
Os Gigantes
TV show Príncipe Renato Di Lorenzo
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1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Movie Borba Gato
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1978
Daniel, Capanga de Deus
Movie
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1974
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Movie Feitor
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1973
The Men I Had
Movie Peter
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1972
Procura-se uma Virgem
Movie
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1972
Who Is Beta?
Movie
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1972
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Movie Tristão/Oxóssi
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1971
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Movie Francês
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1971
Mãos Vazias
Movie Mário
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1970
The Alienist
Movie Porfírio
- 1970
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1970
Minha Namorada
Movie
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1969
Brazil Year 2000
Movie
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1969
Memories of Helen
Movie Renato
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1969
A Doce Mulher Amada
Movie Egberto
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1968
Hunger for Love
Movie Felipe
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1968
A Virgem Prometida
Movie
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1967
The Girl from Ipanema
Movie Pedro Paulo
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1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Movie Self
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1967
El Justicero
Movie
