Arduíno Colassanti

Arduino Colasanti Livorno February 15 1936 Niterói February 22 2014 was an Italianborn Brazilian actor With a 40year span Colassantis mainly associated with films made during the 1960s an 1970s under the Cinema Novo Brazilian New Wave movement Hes 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