Arduíno Colassanti
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.
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...
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Bela Donna
as CapitãoAmerican couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for...
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Quilombo
as BlaerQuilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century....
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How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
as FrancêsBrazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the...
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The Oyster and the Wind
as MagariA young girl named Marcela lives with her dad, Jose, a lighthouse keeper, and old Daniel on an...
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Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
as Chefe dos SelvagensDeep in the Amazon rain forest, there is a lost subterranean city. The place was built by...
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The Men I Had
as PeterMarried woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as SelfOriginally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema...
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as Parceiro de Bilhar - RioThe film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being...
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The Girl from Ipanema
as Pedro PauloChronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood...
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Hunger for Love
as FelipeAn extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American...
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O Caçador de Esmeraldas
as Borba GatoThe life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
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Leila Diniz
as uncreditedThe life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.
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El Justicero
as uncreditedA shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian...
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Brazil Year 2000
as uncreditedYear 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives...
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Who Is Beta?
as uncreditedThe critical success in France of How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman made possible dos Santos’...
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The Brazilwood Man
as CristoFantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of...
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After Eight... Forever
as PaiTereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several...
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Mãos Vazias
as MárioIn a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality...
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The Alienist
as PorfírioFather Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon...
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Sunstroke
as Homem do CaféIn an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the...
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Minha Namorada
as uncreditedMiddle-class teenage girl has a serious boyfriend that her parents approve of. Suddenly, she...
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Memories of Helen
as RenatoCouple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home...
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Oceano Atlantis
as uncreditedIn a Rio de Janeiro after the catastrophe, only the hills were immune to a flood that left the...
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Tropclip
as Pai de KrishnaEnterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in...
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Love, Carnival and Dreams
as Tristão/OxóssiOn Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a...
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