Gênesis is a Brazilian telenovela produced by RecordTV 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, Miguel Coelho, Thaís Melchior, Pablo Morais, Francisca Queiroz, Juliano Laham, Letícia Almeida, Juliana Boller and Carlo Porto. The plot is based on the Book of Genesis.
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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, Tower of Babel, Ur of the Chaldees, Abraham, Jacob, and ending with Joseph of Egypt.
Cast
Garden of Eden
Carlo Porto as Adão
Juliana Boller as Eva
Igor Rickli as Lúcifer
Caio Manhente as Abel
Eduardo Speroni as Cain
Flávio Galvão 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
Production
Filming of the telenovela began in November 2019 in Cambará, Rio Grande do Sul. Production also took place in Ponta Grossa, Diamantina, Itaguaí, and in Ouarzazate, Morocco. On 16 March 2020, it was announced that filming of the telenovela was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.