Sérgio Ricardo
Born: 1932-06-18 in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil
Died: 2020-07-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
João Lutfi (18 June 1932 – 23 July 2020), known professionally as Sérgio Ricardo, was a Brazilian actor, musician, playwright and filmmaker, better known for being responsible for the soundtrack of Glauber Rocha's "Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol" ("Black God, White Devil"). Born in a Lebanese-Brazilian family in Marília, São Paulo, and brother to famed director of photography Dib Lutfi, João got his stage name from TV businessmen who wanted to rebrand him as a leading man with an iconic name during his early gigs as an actor. He's maily associated with the Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Wave) movement, but stayed active until 2018. During the Cinema Novo days, Ricardo directed short film "Menino da Calça Branca" (1961) and "Esse Mundo É Meu" (1963), his feature-length debut. Among other notorious works in his career as a filmmaker is "A Noite do Espantalho", which shows Ricardo's talent as a polymath by mixing filmmaking with folk music and other elements of Brazilian popular culture, such as "cordel" literature. Ricardo moved to the Vidigal slum, in Rio de Janeiro, by choice in the 1970s, where he lived until his death in 2020. "Bandeira de Retalhos" (2018), his last film, was adapted by a theatre play also written by him and chronicles the life in 1970s Vidigal.
Filmography
2023
- Favela do Papa as Self
2020
- Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi as Self
2019
2018
- Bandeira de Retalhos as Voz Bipe
2016
- Pitanga as Self
2014
- Pé Sem Chão
- Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil as Ele mesmo
2012
- Two Rabbits as Capanga do Robério 1
2010
- A Night in 67 as Self
2008
- Milagrez as Self
2007
- O Som do Vinil as Self
2006
- Depois do Transe as Self
2005
- Descobrindo Waltel as Ele mesmo
- Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova as Self
2003
- Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self / Interviewee
- Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem
1999
1997
- Dib as Self
1996
- O Lado Certo da Vida Errada ... (Music)
1984
- Para Viver Um Grande Amor as Carioca (voz cantando)
1983
- Parabéns pra Você as Carlinhos
1978
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro ... (Original Music Composer)
1974
- The Night of the Scarecrow ... (Story)
1972
- Vozes do Medo ... (Original Music Composer)
1970
- O Tempo e o Som as Self
- The War of Pelados ... (Music)
- Lost Love Juliana ... (Director)
1969
- Our Lady of Compassion ... (Music)
- Antonio das Mortes ... (Additional Music)
- Viver de Morrer ... (Music)
1967
- Entranced Earth ... (Original Music Composer)
1964
- Black God, White Devil ... (Music)
- Esse Mundo é Meu as Pedro