Sérgio Ricardo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1932, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil
- Died
- July 23, 2020
- Movies
- 32
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.
Best-Known Movies
Two Rabbits
2012
A Night in 67
2010
The Night of the Scarecrow
1974
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
Esse Mundo é Meu
1964
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
1984
Pitanga
2016
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005
Un animal doué de déraison
1976
Pluft, o Fantasminha
1962
Filmography
| 2024 | Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo | |
| 2023 | Favela do Papa | Self |
| 2020 | Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi | Self |
| 2019 | Na Rota do Vento | |
| 2018 | Bandeira de Retalhos | Voz Bipe |
| 2016 | Pitanga | Self |
| 2014 | Pé Sem Chão | |
| 2014 | Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil | Ele mesmo |
| 2012 | Two Rabbits | Capanga do Robério 1 |
| 2010 | A Night in 67 | Self |
| 2008 | Milagrez | Self |
| 2006 | Depois do Transe | Self |
| 2005 | Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova | Self |
| 2005 | Descobrindo Waltel | Ele mesmo |
| 2003 | Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth | Self / Interviewee |
| 2003 | Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem | |
| 1999 | Zelão | |
| 1997 | Dib | Self |
| 1984 | Para Viver Um Grande Amor | Carioca (voz cantando) |
| 1976 | Un animal doué de déraison | |
| 1970 | O Tempo e o Som | Self |
| 1964 | Esse Mundo é Meu | Pedro |
| 1962 | Pluft, o Fantasminha | |
| 1962 | Menino da Calça Branca | |
| 1957 | Pé na Tábua |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2018 | Bandeira de Retalhos | Screenplay, Director |
| 2014 | Pé Sem Chão | Director, Screenplay |
| 1999 | Zelão | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | The Night of the Scarecrow | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Lost Love Juliana | Director, Screenplay |
| 1964 | Esse Mundo é Meu | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1962 | Menino da Calça Branca | Director, Writer |
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