''O Rico e Lázaro'' (English: ''The Rich and Lazarus'') 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 (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

produced by Casablanca and broadcast by

RecordTV Record (stylized in uppercase; ), formerly known as Rede Record and RecordTV, 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 ...

. Created by Paula Richard. It premiered on March 23, 2017 and ended on November 20, 2017. It stars

Milena Toscano Milena Toscano Gonçalves (born January 11, 1984), is a Brazilian actress. Career Born in Santo André, São Paulo, Milena Toscano started her career as a model when she was ten years-old, after she was hired by the Ford Models Agency. Sh ...

, Dudu Azevedo, and

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

. The telenovela tells the story of the parable of

Rich man and Lazarus The rich man and Lazarus (also called the parable of Dives and Lazarus) is a parable of Jesus from the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Speaking to his disciples and some Pharisees, Jesus tells of an unnamed rich man and a beggar named Laz ...

, taking place during the time of

Babylonian Captivity The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The deportations occurred ...

Plot

After the death of

Joshua Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...

, the Hebrew people begin to "go their own way", turning their backs on God and beginning to worship pagan gods. But when the prophet

Jeremiah Jeremiah ( – ), also called Jeremias, was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, book that bears his name, the Books of Kings, and the Book of Lamentations, with t ...

tries to warn them, his own people try to stone him, calling him a traitor and false prophet. However, his prophecy is fulfilled with the arrival of King

Nebuchadnezzar II Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 BC to his own death in 562 BC. Often titled Nebuchadnezzar ...

and his wife Queen Amytis of Babylon: the Babylonian army conquers the Kingdom of Judah, and its people are taken into exile. In another part of the story, the love triangle involving childhood friends Asher, Joana, and Zac is explored. As the trio become adults, Asher and Zac both fall in love with Joana, but she reciprocates only to Asher.

Cast

as Joana * Dudu Azevedo as Lazarus/Asher *

as Zac *

Christine Fernandes Christine Fernandes Alves (born 1 March 1968) is an American-born Brazilian actress, television presenter and former model. Early life Christine was born in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Maria Helena and Antônio, Brazilians, Brazilian parents. ...

as Sammu-Ramat *

Sthefany Brito Sthefany Fernandes de Brito (born 19 June 1987) is a Brazilian actress. Career Brito was born Sthefany Fernandes de Brito in São Paulo, Brazil, on 19 June 1987. She had studied theatre since 1995, and she appeared in television adverts for t ...

Nitocris Nitocris () possibly was the last queen of the Sixth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Her name is found in writings long considered as relatively accurate resources: a major chronological documentation of the reigns of the kings of ancient Egypt that wa ...

* Ângelo Paes Leme as Nebuzaradã * Adriana Garambone as Amytis * Heitor Martinez as

Denise Del Vecchio Denise Del Vecchio Falótico (born 3 May 1954) is a Brazilian actress. Early life Born in the Mooca neighborhood of São Paulo, Denise comes from a lower middle-class family of Italian, Portuguese, and Syrian descent. Career She began ...

as Elga * Lucinha Lins as Zelfa * Paulo Figueiredo as Zadoque * Zé Carlos Machado as Fassur * Vera Zimmermann as Neusta * Cássio Scapin as

Berossus Berossus () or Berosus (; ; possibly derived from ) was an early-3rd-century BCE Hellenistic civilization, Hellenistic-era Babylonia, Babylonian writer, priest of Bel (mythology) , Bel Marduk, and Babylonian astronomy, astronomer who wrote i ...

* Gabriel Gracindo as

Daniel Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the acti ...

* Roger Gobeth as Absalom * Gabriela Moreyra as Shamiran *

Cássia Linhares Cássia Maria Oliveira Linhares (born November 24, 1973, in Niterói) is a Brazilian television actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in t ...

as Shag-Shag * Tammy di Calafiori as Lia * Marcos Breda as Ravina * Cláudia Mauro as Ilana * Pérola Faria as Kassaia * Henri Pagnoncelli as Chaim * Osmar Silveira as

Jehoiachin Jeconiah ( meaning "Yahweh has established"; ; ), also known as Coniah and as Jehoiachin ( ''Yəhoyāḵin'' ; ), was the nineteenth and penultimate king of Judah who was dethroned by the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BC ...

* Augusto Garcia as

Nabonidus Nabonidus (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-naʾid'', meaning "May Nabu be exalted" or "Nabu is praised") was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 556 BC to the fall of Babylon to the Achaemenian Empire under Cyrus the Great in 53 ...

* Kayky Brito as

Amel-Marduk Amel-Marduk ( Babylonian cuneiform: ''Amēl-Marduk'', meaning "man of Marduk"), also known as Awil-Marduk, or in the biblical rendition of his name, Evil-Merodach (), was the third emperor of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 562 BCE until ...

* Anderson Müller as Tamir * Renato Rabello as Shamir * Michelle Batista as Talita * Giselle Batista as Samira * Gustavo Leão as Rabe-Sáris * Felipe Cardoso as Arioch * Bruna Pazinato as Rebeca * Graziella Schmitt as Dana * Sacha Bali as Meshach * Licurgo Spínola as

Ezekiel Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel (; ; ), was an Israelite priest. The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him. The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied ...

* Aisha Jambo as Gadise * Gustavo Rodrigues as Shadrach * Rafael Almeida as Hurzabum *

Guilherme Seta Guilherme Seta de Morais Souza (born December 17, 2002) is a Brazilian people, Brazilian actor. He became known from childhood when he played Davi in the remake of the Brazilian telenovela Carrossel, Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, SBT (2012). ...

as Hurzabum child * Robertha Portella as Edissa * André Luiz Miranda as Ebede-Meleque * Eduardo Melo as Lior * Karen Marinho as Naomi * Juliana Kelling as Dalila * Mariza Marchetti as Malca * Fernando Sampaio as Matias * Raphael Montagner as Nicolau * Paula Jubé as Raquel * Ricardo Martins as Larsa * Keff Oliveira as Anjo Gabriel * Nikolas Antunes as Abednego * Ana Zettel as Darice * João Velho as Madai * Paulo Leal as Rafael * Karla Tenório as Jade * Rafaela Ferreira as Hayddé * César Pezzuoli as Zabaia * Ed Oliveira as Rato * Pedro Malta as Tamuz * Fran Fischer as Namnu * Saulo Meneghetti as Oziel * Saulo Rodrigues as Aspenaz * Edson Fieschi as Erom * Thogun Teixeira as Sargão * Marcelo Arnal as

Belshazzar Belshazzar ( Babylonian cuneiform: ''Bēl-šar-uṣur'', meaning " Bel, protect the king"; ''Bēlšaʾṣṣar'') was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother, he might have been ...

* Rafael Awi as Benjamin * Breno di Filippo as Rei Dario * Ana Paula Lima as Yasha * Alex Brasil as Aksumai * William Amaral as Joel * Tião D'Ávila as Aliatis * Rafael Sieg as Levi * Karize Brum as Kidist

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rico e Lázaro, O 2017 telenovelas RecordTV telenovelas Television series based on the Bible 2017 Brazilian television series debuts 2017 Brazilian television series endings Portuguese-language telenovelas Cultural depictions of Nebuchadnezzar II Religious telenovelas