1932-06-18 ( 92 years old ) in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil
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.
Movies
Favela do Papa
2023-04-02
Na Rota do Vento
2019-11-21
Bandeira de Retalhos
2018-01-21
Pitanga
2016-09-23
Pé Sem Chão
2014-10-05
Two Rabbits
2012-01-20
A Night in 67
2010-07-30
Milagrez
2008-01-02
Depois do Transe
2006-01-01
Descobrindo Waltel
2005-01-01
Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem
2003-01-02
Zelão
1999-01-01
Dib
1997-01-02
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
1984-04-30
Un animal doué de déraison
1976-03-24
O Tempo e o Som
1970-01-01
Esse Mundo é Meu
1964-04-01
Pluft, o Fantasminha
1962-08-20
Menino da Calça Branca
1962-01-01
Pé na Tábua
1957-01-01
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