''Gênesis'' is a Brazilian

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by

RecordTV RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adver ...

and Casablanca that aired from 19 January 2021 to 22 November 2021. The series is written by Camilo Pellegrini, Raphaela Castro, and Stephanie Ribeiro. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Zé Carlos Machado, Adriana Garambone, Oscar Magrini,

Cássia Linhares Cássia Maria Oliveira Linhares (born November 24, 1973, in Niterói) is a Brazilian television actress, best known for her role as Alice in ''Malhação'' (1998) and Lulu in ''Uga-Uga'' (2000). In 2011, she acted in ''Rebelde (Brazilian telenove ...

, Miguel Coelho,

Thaís Melchior Thaís de Souza Melchior Affonso (Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in B ...

, Pablo Morais,

Francisca Queiroz Francisca Vaz Queiroz (born September 4, 1979) is a Brazilian television and film actress. She played the lead role, Catarina, in the television series A Lei e o Crime. Biography Born in Campinas, São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, her father ...

, Juliano Laham, Letícia Almeida, Juliana Boller and Carlo Porto. The plot is based on the

Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning" ...

Premise

Divided into seven phases, the series dates back to the beginning of humanity and the world and tells the biblical stories of Garden of Eden,

Noah's Ark Noah's Ark ( he, תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: ''Tevat Noaḥ'')The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English ''aerca'', meaning a chest or box. (See Cresswell 2010, p.22) The Hebrew word for the vessel, ''teva'', occurs twice in ...

Tower of Babel The Tower of Babel ( he, , ''Mīgdal Bāḇel'') narrative in Genesis 11:1–9 is an origin myth meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages. According to the story, a united human race speaking a single language and mi ...

Ur of the Chaldees Ur Kasdim ( he, ''ʾūr Kaśdīm''), commonly translated as Ur of the Chaldea, Chaldeans, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of the Israelite and Ishmaelite patriarch Abraham. In 1862, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, He ...

Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Je ...

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

, and ending with Joseph of Egypt.

Cast

Garden of Eden

* Carlo Porto as

Adão Adão, a Portuguese variant of Adam, is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Adão (born 1960), Portuguese footballer *Cláudio Adão Cláudio Adalberto Adão, or simply Cláudio Adão (born in Vo ...

* Juliana Boller as

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Igor Rickli Igor Rickli Christóforo (born December 14, 1983) is a Brazilian actor. Biography Rickli was born in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. He is of Italian and Swiss descent. He is openly bisexual. Career He started playing theater as a child at the ag ...

as Lúcifer * Caio Manhente as

Abel Abel ''Hábel''; ar, هابيل, Hābīl is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepherd ...

* Eduardo Speroni as Cain *

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as Deus * Ana Terra Blanco as Renah * Carolina Oliveira as Kira * Anna Rita Cerqueira as Tila * Ranna Bittencourt as Aba * Fernanda Junqueira as Naira * Manu Papera as Mairi * Joana Leite as Zohar * Júlia Braz as Uma

Noah's Ark

* Oscar Magrini as Noé ** Bruno Guedes as Young Noé *

as Naamá ** Rafaela Sampaio as Young Naamá *

as Lúcifer * Augusto Caliman as Sem * Marjorie Gerardi as Heidi * Vinícius Redd as

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* Clara Niin as Tali * Gil Coelho as Jafé * Nicole Rosemberg as Dana *

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as Zeno * Clemente Viscaíno as Metusalém * Jayme Periard as Lameque * Alessandra Verney as Ada * Carolina Chalita as Zilá * Iran Malfitano as Tubalcaim * Fernando Roncato as Jabal * Sérgio Abreu as Jubal *

as Deus * Stephanie Serrat as Laíza

Tower of Babel

* Pablo Morais as Ninrode *

as Semíramis * Pâmela Tomé as Liba * Giuseppe Oristanio as Gomer *

as Lúcifer * Eline Porto as Harete * Marcelo Galdino as Cuxe * Adriana Rabelo as Ulia * Daniel Dalcin as Asquenaz * Caio Menck as Togarma * Hugo Carvalho as

Peleg Peleg ( he, פֶּלֶג, Péleḡ, in pausa he, פָּלֶג, Pā́leḡ, "division"; grc-x-biblical, Φάλεκ, Phálek) is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Ishmaelites and the Israelites, ac ...

ue * Gisela Reimann as Jália * Duda Balestero as Cilá * Vicky Valentim as Siméia * Marcelo Gonçalves as Elisá * Mariana Gallindo as Zade *

as Deus * Ed Canedo as Sidom * Saulo Rodrigues as Társis * Mario Hermeto as

Mizraim Mizraim (; cf. Arabic مصر, ''Miṣr'') is the Hebrew and Aramaic name for the land of Egypt, with the dual suffix ''-āyim'', perhaps referring to the "two Egypts": Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Mizraim is the dual form of matzor, meaning a "moun ...

* Dudu Azevedo as

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

Production

Filming of the telenovela began in November 2019 in

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, Rio Grande do Sul. Production also took place in

Ponta Grossa Ponta Grossa () is a municipality in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. The estimated population is 355,336 according to official data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and it is the 4th most populous city in Paraná ...

Diamantina Diamantina may refer to: Geography Australia * Diamantina Bowen (1833-1893), ''grande dame'' of Queensland and the wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland. * ''Diamantina Cocktail'', 1976 album by Little River Band * Diam ...

, Itaguaí, and in

Ouarzazate Ouarzazate (; ar, ورزازات, Warzāzāt, ; ary, وارزازات, Wārzāzāt; shi, label=Berber, ⵡⴰⵔⵣⴰⵣⴰⵜ, Warzazat), nicknamed ''the door of the desert'', is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in the region of Dr� ...

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. On 16 March 2020, it was announced that filming of the telenovela was suspended due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

. RecordTV was forced to bring back cast members filming in Morocco to Brazil. Because of this, the premiere, which was scheduled for 14 April 2020, had to be postponed by RecordTV. Filming resumed on 19 October 2020 with strict safety protocols. During the suspension it was decided that the telenovela would no longer film in Morocco.

Ratings

References

External links

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