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

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and

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. He directed five films between 1964 and 1974. Born in the city of

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, his father, Abdalla Lutfi, and mother, Maria Mansur, were both of

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descent. 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'' (composer, 1964) * ''Lost Love Juliana'' (director, 1970) * '' The Night of the Scarecrow'' (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 Brazilian people of Syrian descent