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Sérgio Ricardo

Acting
Known For

88 Years Old

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.

Born

Marília, São Paulo, Brazil on 18th June 1932

Died

23rd July 2020

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O Som do Vinil Image
O Som do Vinil
Self
Parabéns pra Você Image
Parabéns pra Você
Carlinhos
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Two Rabbits
Capanga do Robério 1
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Pitanga
Self
Para Viver Um Grande Amor Image
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Carioca (voz cantando)
A Night in 67 Image
A Night in 67
Self
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Milagrez
Self
Dib Image
Dib
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Menino da Calça Branca
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth Image
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self / Interviewee
Bandeira de Retalhos Image
Bandeira de Retalhos
Voz Bipe
O Tempo e o Som Image
O Tempo e o Som
Self
Favela do Papa Image
Favela do Papa
Self
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Depois do Transe
Self
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Na Rota do Vento
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo Image
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo
Esse Mundo é Meu Image
Esse Mundo é Meu
Pedro
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Un animal doué de déraison
Pluft, o Fantasminha Image
Pluft, o Fantasminha
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova Image
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Self
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Pé na Tábua
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Descobrindo Waltel
Ele mesmo
Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil Image
Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil
Ele mesmo
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Pé Sem Chão
Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi Image
Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi
Self
Zelão Image
Zelão
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Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem