
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.

Brava Gente
TV • 2000

Bela Donna
MOVIE • 1998

O Caçador de Esmeraldas
MOVIE • 1979

Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
MOVIE • 1970

Oceano Atlantis
MOVIE • 1993

The Girl from Ipanema
MOVIE • 1967

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
MOVIE • 1997

A Doce Mulher Amada
MOVIE • 1969

Leila Diniz
MOVIE • 1987

Sunstroke
MOVIE • 2010

Quilombo
MOVIE • 1984

The Brazilwood Man
MOVIE • 1982

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
MOVIE • 1967

Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
MOVIE • 2004

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
MOVIE • 2000

Minha Namorada
MOVIE • 1970

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
MOVIE • 1974

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
MOVIE • 1971