João Lutfi (18 June 1932 – 23 July 2020), known professionally as Sérgio Ricardo, was a Brazilian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and composer. He directed five films between 1964 and 1974. In 1967 he gained attention when taking part in the third Festival de Música Popular Brasileira, in which he performed a rearranged version of "Beto bom de bola". The audience disliked the fact that he would not perform the original version and booed him during the whole performance. At a certain moment, he gave up playing, shouted "You won!" at the audience, broke his acoustic guitar and threw it at the crowd. He was then immediately disqualified. He was infected with

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, and became COVID-negative in May 2020. However, he died without being discharged on 23 July 2020, a month after his 88th birthday, of

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Selected filmography

* ''Boy of White Trousers'' (short, director, 1962) * ''This World is Mine'' (director, 1964) * ''

Black God, White Devil ''Black God, White Devil'' ( pt, Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol; literally, ''God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun'') is a 1964 Brazilian film directed and written by Glauber Rocha. The film stars Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magal ...

'' (composer, 1964) * ''Lost Love Juliana'' (director, 1970) * ''

The Night of the Scarecrow ''The Night of the Scarecrow'' ( pt, A Noite do Espantalho) is a 1974 Brazilian drama film directed by Sérgio Ricardo (director), Sérgio Ricardo. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best ...

'' (director, 1974)

References

External links

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Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricardo, Sergio 1932 births 2020 deaths Brazilian film directors Brazilian male film actors Brazilian composers People from Marília