Sérgio Ricardo
Actor
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
Two Rabbits
as Capanga do Robério 1 2012
A Night in 67
as Self 2010
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self / Interviewee 2003
Esse Mundo é Meu
as Pedro 1964
Pitanga
as Self 2016
Menino da Calça Branca
1962
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
as Carioca (voz cantando) 1984
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
as Self 2005
Un animal doué de déraison
1976
Depois do Transe
as Self 2006
Pé Sem Chão
2014
Pluft, o Fantasminha
1962
O Tempo e o Som
as Self 1970
Favela do Papa
as Self 2023
Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil
as Ele mesmo 2014
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo
2024
Pé na Tábua
1957