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 Rochas Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol Black God White Devil Born in a LebaneseBrazilian 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 Hes 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 featurelength debut Among other notorious works in his career as a filmmaker is A Noite do Espantalho which shows Ricardos 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