Arduíno Colassanti Trailers
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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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Total trailers found: 37
21 April 2000
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself.
26 March 2010
In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion.
13 April 1967
A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the self-conscious antics of the French New Wave.
01 January 1997
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema.
20 August 2002
The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life.
15 October 1968
An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, who would directly inspire his formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story about adultery and colonialism by Guilherme de Figueiredo.
29 July 1985
Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making video clips for rock groups.
21 September 1970
Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.
01 January 1971
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality after her child dies, with tragic results.
01 January 1970
Middle-class teenage girl has a serious boyfriend that her parents approve of. Suddenly, she meets another boy with whom she is shown to have a greater identification.
03 June 1984
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves.
17 September 1969
A soap opera idol, lonely despite his fame and wealth, seeks a woman for companionship. He becomes interested in Míriam, a mysterious character who causes him countless setbacks.
02 January 1993
In a Rio de Janeiro after the catastrophe, only the hills were immune to a flood that left the asphalt submerged.
25 May 1979
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
14 August 1998
American couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman.
11 February 1972
On Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a photographer, with whom she has an affair.
26 May 1967
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema.
11 March 1987
Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affairs.
01 June 1971
In 1594 Brazil, a frenchman becomes a prisoner of the Tupinambás. While waiting to be executed, the foreigner learns the habits of the indigenous people and joins a woman who tries to help him escape.
19 November 1969
Couple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home movies.
22 February 1982
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil.
25 February 1974
On a farm in rural Brazil in the 18th century, a new overseer arrives. He falls in love with one of the enslaved women, Mestiça, beloved by all the men.
10 December 2004
Deep in the Amazon rain forest, there is a lost subterranean city. The place was built by Vikings who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and ventured up the Amazon River, and shelters a mysterious treasure.
16 April 1967
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave').
07 August 1992
Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim.
21 November 1969
Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot.
11 April 1972
The critical success in France of How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman made possible dos Santos’ delirious science-fiction vision of free love in a post-apocalyptic wilderness besieged by flesh hungry zombies contaminated by an unnamed nuclear attack.
01 November 1987
The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.
17 October 1997
A young girl named Marcela lives with her dad, Jose, a lighthouse keeper, and old Daniel on an island.
25 May 1973
Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent.
