Sérgio Ricardo
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.
Acting
Movie
Two Rabbits
as Capanga do Robério 1
2012
Movie
A Night in 67
as Self
2010
Movie
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self / Interviewee
2003
Movie
Esse Mundo é Meu
as Pedro
1964
Movie
Menino da Calça Branca
1962
Movie
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
as Carioca (voz cantando)
1984
Movie
Pitanga
as Self
2016
TV
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
as Self (voice)
2022
Movie
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
as Self
2005
Movie
Un animal doué de déraison
1976
Movie
Pluft, o Fantasminha
1962
Movie
Depois do Transe
as Self
2006
Movie
Pé Sem Chão
2014
Movie
Pé na Tábua
1957
Movie
Dib
as Self
1997
Movie
Descobrindo Waltel
as Ele mesmo
2005
Movie
O Tempo e o Som
as Self
1970
TV
Parabéns pra Você
as Carlinhos
1983
Movie
Favela do Papa
as Self
2023
Movie
Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil
as Ele mesmo
2014
Movie
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo
2024
Movie
Milagrez
as Self
2008
Movie
Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem
2003
Movie
Na Rota do Vento
2019
Crew
Movie
Black God, White Devil
Music
1964
Movie
Entranced Earth
Original Music Composer
1967
Movie
Antonio das Mortes
Additional Music
1969
Movie
The Night of the Scarecrow
Original Music Composer
1974
Movie
Esse Mundo é Meu
Director
1964
Movie
Our Lady of Compassion
Music
1969
Movie
Menino da Calça Branca
Director
1962
Movie
The War of Pelados
Music
1970
Movie
Lost Love Juliana
Director
1970
Movie
Un animal doué de déraison
Music
1976
Movie
Pé Sem Chão
Director
2014
Movie
O Lado Certo da Vida Errada
Music
1996