Sérgio Ricardo

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 adap…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Two Rabbits (2012) — Capanga do Robério 1
2. A Night in 67 (2010) — Self
3. Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003) — Self / Interviewee
4. Esse Mundo é Meu (1964) — Pedro
5. Menino da Calça Branca (1962)
6. Para Viver Um Grande Amor (1984) — Carioca (voz cantando)
7. Pitanga (2016) — Self
8. O Canto Livre de Nara Leão (2022) — Self (voice)
9. Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005) — Self
10. Un animal doué de déraison (1976)
11. Pluft, o Fantasminha (1962)
12. Depois do Transe (2006) — Self
13. Pé Sem Chão (2014)
14. Pé na Tábua (1957)
15. Dib (1997) — Self
16. Descobrindo Waltel (2005) — Ele mesmo
17. O Tempo e o Som (1970) — Self
18. Parabéns pra Você (1983) — Carlinhos
19. Favela do Papa (2023) — Self
20. Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil (2014) — Ele mesmo
21. Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo (2024)
22. Milagrez (2008) — Self
23. Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem (2003)
24. Na Rota do Vento (2019)
25. Zelão (1999)
26. Bandeira de Retalhos (2018) — Voz Bipe
27. Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi (2020) — Self
28. O Som do Vinil (2007) — Self

Directed

1. The Night of the Scarecrow (1974) — Director
2. Esse Mundo é Meu (1964) — Director
3. Menino da Calça Branca (1962) — Director
4. Lost Love Juliana (1970) — Director
5. Pé Sem Chão (2014) — Director
6. Bandeira de Retalhos (2018) — Director
7. Zelão (1999) — Director