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Sérgio Ricardo
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
- 2024
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2023
Favela do Papa
Movie Self
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2022
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
TV show Self (voice)
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2020
Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi
Movie Self
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2019
Na Rota do Vento
Movie
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2018
MPB 73 – O Ano Da Reinvenção
TV show Self
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2018
Bandeira de Retalhos
Movie Voz Bipe
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2016
Pitanga
Movie Self
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2014
Pé Sem Chão
Movie
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2014
Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil
Movie Ele mesmo
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2012
Two Rabbits
Movie Capanga do Robério 1
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2010
A Night in 67
Movie Self
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2008
Milagrez
Movie Self
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2007
O Som do Vinil
TV show Self
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2006
Depois do Transe
Movie Self
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2005
Descobrindo Waltel
Movie Ele mesmo
More credits
- 2005
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2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Movie Self / Interviewee
- 2003
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1999
Zelão
Movie
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1997
Dib
Movie Self
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1996
O Lado Certo da Vida Errada
Movie Music
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1984
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Movie Carioca (voz cantando)
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1983
Parabéns pra Você
TV show Carlinhos
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1978
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
Movie Original Music Composer
- 1976
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1974
The Night of the Scarecrow
Movie Story
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1972
Vozes do Medo
Movie Original Music Composer
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1970
The War of Pelados
Movie Music
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1970
Lost Love Juliana
Movie Director
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1970
O Tempo e o Som
Movie Self
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1969
Viver de Morrer
Movie Music
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1969
Antonio das Mortes
Movie Additional Music
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1969
Our Lady of Compassion
Movie Music
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1967
Entranced Earth
Movie Original Music Composer
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1964
Esse Mundo é Meu
Movie Pedro
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1964
Black God, White Devil
Movie Music
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1962
Pluft, o Fantasminha
Movie
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1962
Menino da Calça Branca
Movie
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1957
Pé na Tábua
Movie
