Sérgio Ricardo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.1055

Gender

Male

Birthday

18-Jun-1932

Age

(94 years old)

Place of Birth

Marília, São Paulo, Brazil

Also Known As
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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 adapted by a theatre play also written by him and chronicles the life in 1970s Vidigal.


Credits

Zelão Zelão (1999) Character: N/A
Sérgio Ricardo's only animation film, a short made as a companion piece to his song "Zelão".
Pé Sem Chão Pé Sem Chão (2014) Character: N/A
Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro. A woman is left desperate and hopeless after she is evicted from her house with her disabled son.
Bandeira de Retalhos Bandeira de Retalhos (2018) Character: Voz Bipe
Vidigal Hill, 1977. A runaway group of bandits engage in a complex love triangle in the brink of the news that the corrupt Rio de Janeiro mayor decided to make everyone move out of Vidigal, aided by police forces.
Pé na Tábua Pé na Tábua (1957) Character: N/A
Petrônio drives a bus and his friend Cabeleira is a ticket collector. When Petrônio's sister needs money to do a surgery they get involved with a film production company, where a psychopath is trying to be the protagonist of the movie.
Depois do Transe Depois do Transe (2006) Character: Self
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."
Milagrez Milagrez (2008) Character: Self
Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.
Dib Dib (1997) Character: Self
Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema.
Favela do Papa Favela do Papa (2023) Character: Self
The film shows the resistance movement of the residents of Favela do Vidigal against the removal order, an important chapter in the history of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s.
Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi Sérgio Ricardo AKA João Lutfi (2020) Character: Self
The composer, singer, musician, painter and filmmaker João Lutfi, known as Sérgio Ricardo, narrates his journey from the beginning as a pianist for TV Tupi, through his experience as an actor on TV, as a bossa nova artist until he found his very own and characteristic style as a filmmaker and composer.
Un animal doué de déraison Un animal doué de déraison (1976) Character: N/A
A wealthy French promoter living in Rio tries to seduce Alexandra, a young woman of high society, but a prisoner of her strict education. He then shared his project with a journalist friend, who decided to make it the theme of a novel he imagined in 18th century Brazil...
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005) Character: Self
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Pluft, o Fantasminha Pluft, o Fantasminha (1962) Character: N/A
It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg.
Para Viver Um Grande Amor Para Viver Um Grande Amor (1984) Character: Carioca (voz cantando)
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.
Na Rota do Vento Na Rota do Vento (2019) Character: N/A
It is a realistic musical documentary, mixing the old and the new, exchanging chronological positions, creating a suggestive carousel for the audience. A tribute to Sérgio Ricardo's cinematographic work narrated through the assembly of scenes and tracks taken from the 7 films he directed. In this anthology, the most recurrent theme in the author's work is portrayed: the struggle of the oppressed worker who finds love, music and the community his escape valve.
Uma Noite em 67 Uma Noite em 67 (2010) Character: Self
In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name stars, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from the turbulent final evening of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.
Esse Mundo é Meu Esse Mundo é Meu (1964) Character: Pedro
The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker.
Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (2003) Character: Self / Interviewee
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.
2 Coelhos 2 Coelhos (2012) Character: Capanga do Robério 1
Edgar is a young upper-middle class man, close to completing 30 years old, he lives a full life crisis and is in a position common to the vast majority of Brazilians. On the one hand the power, represented by a corrupt state, abusive and absent in their taxes before their obligations. On the other, crime increasingly organized violence became a constant in the lives of citizens in large cities. Edgar responds to all this as a modern vigilante. With the help of ingredients such as technology, counter-information and manipulation, Edgar concocts a brilliant plan, using the greed of their opponents as the reason for its destruction. As the plot unfolds, we know more about the dark past of each character as Edgar fit the pieces together in an intriguing puzzle that makes up the film's plot.
Menino da Calça Branca Menino da Calça Branca (1962) Character: N/A
When a young boy from a shanty town near Rio de Janeiro gets a coveted pair of white trousers for Christmas his joy knows no bounds. Not getting them dirty, however, presents certain difficulties for a lively slum kid.
Pitanga Pitanga (2016) Character: Self
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.



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