Sérgio Ricardo
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.
Favela do Papa
(Self)
Un animal doué de déraison
Esse Mundo é Meu
(Pedro)
2 Rabbits
(Capanga do Robério 1)
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
(Self / Interviewee)
A Night in 67
(Self)
Depois do Transe
(Self)
Pé Sem Chão
Menino da Calça Branca
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
(Self)
Calabouço 1968 - Um tiro no coração do Brasil
(Ele mesmo)
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo
Pé na Tábua
Pluft, o Fantasminha
Milagrez
(Self)
Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem
Dib
(Self)
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
(Carioca (voz cantando))
Pitanga
(Self)
Descobrindo Waltel
(Ele mesmo)
O Tempo e o Som
(Self)
Na Rota do Vento
Zelão
Bandeira de Retalhos
(Voz Bipe)
O Som do Vinil
(Self)
Parabéns pra Você
(Carlinhos)
The Night of the Scarecrow
(Original Music Composer)
The Night of the Scarecrow
(Director)
The Night of the Scarecrow
(Screenplay)
The Night of the Scarecrow
(Story)
Esse Mundo é Meu
(Director)
Juliana do Amor Perdido
(Director)
Menino da Calça Branca
(Director)
Pé Sem Chão
(Director)
O Lado Certo da Vida Errada
(Music)
Esse Mundo é Meu
(Music)
Esse Mundo é Meu
(Screenplay)
Black God, White Devil
(Music)
Entranced Earth
(Original Music Composer)
Juliana do Amor Perdido
(Screenplay)
Juliana do Amor Perdido
(Original Music Composer)
Our Lady Of Compassion
(Music)
A Guerra dos Pelados
(Music)
Vozes do Medo
(Original Music Composer)
Un animal doué de déraison
(Music)
Menino da Calça Branca
(Writer)
Menino da Calça Branca
(Original Music Composer)
Pé Sem Chão
(Original Music Composer)
Pé Sem Chão
(Screenplay)
Viver de Morrer
(Music)
Bandeira de Retalhos
(Director)
Bandeira de Retalhos
(Screenplay)
Bandeira de Retalhos
(Original Music Composer)
Esse Mundo é Meu
(Producer)
Antonio das Mortes
(Additional Music)
Zelão
(Director)
Zelão
(Writer)
Zelão
(Music)