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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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April 6th, 2024 | Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo | TBD | TBD | |
April 2nd, 2023 | Favela do Papa | Self | TBD | |
December 17th, 2020 | Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi | Self | TBD | |
November 21st, 2019 | Na Rota do Vento | TBD | TBD | |
January 21st, 2018 | Bandeira de Retalhos | Voz Bipe | TBD | |
September 23rd, 2016 | Pitanga | Self | 5.6 | |
October 5th, 2014 | Pé Sem Chão | TBD | 5 | |
March 28th, 2014 | Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil | Ele mesmo | TBD | |
January 20th, 2012 | Two Rabbits | Capanga do Robério 1 | 6.9 | |
July 30th, 2010 | A Night in 67 | Self | 6.9 | |
January 2nd, 2008 | Milagrez | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 2006 | Depois do Transe | Self | 2 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova | Self | 7.3 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Descobrindo Waltel | Ele mesmo | 10 | |
September 17th, 2003 | Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth | Self / Interviewee | 6.3 | |
January 2nd, 2003 | Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem | TBD | TBD | |
January 1st, 1999 | Zelão | TBD | TBD | |
January 2nd, 1997 | Dib | Self | 8 | |
April 30th, 1984 | Para Viver Um Grande Amor | Carioca (voz cantando) | 6.2 | |
March 24th, 1976 | Un animal doué de déraison | TBD | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 1970 | O Tempo e o Som | Self | 10 | |
April 1st, 1964 | Esse Mundo é Meu | Pedro | 7.6 | |
August 20th, 1962 | Pluft, o Fantasminha | TBD | 8 | |
January 1st, 1962 | Menino da Calça Branca | TBD | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1957 | Pé na Tábua | TBD | 7 |