Os Dez Mandamentos
Promotional poster used to promote the premiere of the telenovela.
GenreEpic
Romance
Created byVivian de Oliveira
Directed byAlexandre Avancini
StarringGuilherme Winter
Giselle Itié
Sergio Marone
Camila Rodrigues
Vera Zimmerman
Denise del Vecchio
Larissa Maciel
Petronio Gontijo
Country of originBrazil
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes242
Production
Production locationsRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time40-70 minutes
Original release
NetworkRecordTV
ReleaseMarch 23, 2015 (2015-03-23) –
July 4, 2016 (2016-07-04)

Os Dez Mandamentos (English: Moses and the Ten Commandments) is a Brazilian primetime biblical telenovela produced and broadcast by RecordTV. It premiered on Monday, March 23, 2015, replacing Vitória at 8:30 p.m. (BRT/AMT).[1]

Os Dez Mandamentos is written by Vivian de Oliveira and directed by Alexandre Avancini,[2] the novel features the performances of Brazilian actors, Guilherme Winter, Denise Del Vecchio, Giselle Itié, Sérgio Marone, Camila Rodrigues and Sidney Sampaio in the main roles.

According to Ibope (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics), in the week of September 28—October 4, 2015 it was the fifth most watched program of the Brazilian television (being the second most-watched scripted show), with an average of 6,210,809 viewers per minute, taking into account a projection of 15 metropolitan areas.[3]

A film adaptation, The Ten Commandments: The Movie, was released in 2016.[4]

The plot received three nominations at the Seoul International Drama Awards of 2016 in the categories of best novela, best director and best writer.[5]

The plot was also nominated for the Shorty Awards, the world's largest social network award in the "Television" category.

Production and scenography

Os Dez Mandamentos is the first telenovela based on a biblical story, both in Brazil and in the World television.[6] The initial expectation is 150 chapters, with external recordings in the Atacama Desert in Chile, as well as recordings in Guarapuava, Paraná.[7] Some of the special effects is produced by a studio in Hollywood. Considered the most expensive production in the history of the station, has an estimated cost of R$700,000 per chapter.[8] Twenty eight scenarios and a scenographic city with more than seven thousand square meters were built, where the cities of the Hebrews and Egyptians are reproduced.[9] For recording, Arri Alexa's digital cameras were used.[10][5]

Cast

Actor / Actress[11] Character
Guilherme Winter Moses (3rd phase)
Camila Rodrigues Nefertari (2nd phase)
Sérgio Marone Ramses (3rd phase)
Victório Ghava Aaron (1st phase)
Kadu Schons Aaron (2nd phase)
Petrônio Gontijo Aaron (3rd phase)
Bianka Fernandes Abigail
Kaik Brum Abihu (2nd phase)
Daniel Siwek Abihu (3rd phase)
Sandro Rocha Abiram
Arthur Moraes Abner
Camila Santanioni Ada
Rayana Carvalho Adira
Fábio Beltrão Aholiab
Carlos Bonow Ahmós
Carolina Bezerra Aija (2nd Season)
Marina Moschen Amalia (1st phase)
Lisandra Souto Amalia (2nd phase)
José Victor Pires Amenhotep
Roger Gobeth Amram (1st phase)
Paulo Gorgulho Amram (2nd phase)
Tammy Di Calafiori Ana
Thierry Figueira Anibal
Bárbara Quercetti Anippe
Heitor Martinez Apuki
Leonardo Braga Assir
Mateus Lustosa Bak
Kiko Pissolato Bakenmut
Leonardo Vieira Balaam (2nd Season)
Daniel Alvim Balak (2nd Season)
Benvindo Siqueira Baruk
Iran Malfitano Bennu
Marcela Barrozo Betania
Luiz Felipe Mello Bezalel (2nd phase)
Igor Cosso Bezalel (3rd phase)
Kátia Moraes Bina
Milhem Cortaz Bomani
Rodrigo Vidigal Caleb
Julio Oliveira Chibale
Talita Younan Damarina
Bruno Padilha Dathan
Pérola Faria Deborah
Daniel Aguiar Disebek (1st phase)
Eduardo Lago Disebek (2nd phase)
Nina de Pádua Dorcas (2nd Season)
Bia Braga Dumah (2nd Season)
João Pedro Franco Elcana
Francisca Queiroz Elda (2nd Season)
Paulo Reis Eldade
Rafael Sun Eleazar (2nd phase)
Bernardo Velasco Eleazar (3rd phase)
Gustavo Henzel Eliezer
Gabriela Durlo Elisheba
Brenda Sabryna Emma (2nd Season)
Fernando Sampaio Gahiji
Luiz Eduardo Oliveira Gershon
Mel Lisboa Henutmire (1st phase)
Vera Zimmermann Henutmire (2nd phase)
Kauã Torres Hori
Sidney Sampaio Hoshe'a / Joshua
Floriano Peixoto Hur
Victor Pecoraro Ikeni
Brendha Haddad Inês
Henrique Gottardo Ithamar
Keff Oliveira Jair (2nd Season)
Erich Pelitz Jairo
Rocco Pitanga Jahi
Adriano Petermann Janes
William Vita Jambres
Rafaela Sampaio Jaque (2nd phase)
Fran Maya Jaque (3rd phase)
Thais Muller Jerusa
Paulo Figueiredo Jethro
Rayanne Morais Joana (2nd Season)
Samara Felippo Jochebed (1st phase)
Denise Del Vecchio Jochebed (2nd phase)
Nanda Ziegler Judite
Anita Amizo Karen
Roberta Santiago Karoma
Bruno Ahmed Kenaz (2nd Season)
Vitor Hugo Korah
Juliana Didone Leila
Ricardo Vandré Lemuel (2nd Season)
Talita Castro Libna (2nd Season)
Bárbara França Maya
Nikki Meneghel Meryt
Luciano Szafir Meketre
Jorge Pontual Menahem
Isabella Koppel Miriam (1st phase)
Ariela Massotti Miriam (2nd phase)
Larissa Maciel Miriam (3rd phase)
Pedro Pupak Moses (1st phase)
Enzo Simi Moses (2nd phase)
Higor Castro Nadab (2nd phase)
Marco Antônio Gimenez Nadab (3rd phase)
Paulo Vilela Natan (2nd Season)
Maria Ceiça Nayla
Giovanna Maluf Nefertari (1st phase)
Jessika Alves Noemí (2nd Season)
Vicente Tuchinsky Num (1st phase)
Licurgo Spinola Num (2nd phase)
Alexandre Barros Oren (2nd Season)
Paulo Nigro Paser (1st phase)
Giuseppe Oristanio Paser (2nd phase)
Ittalo Paixão Pepy
Pietro Buonnafina Phinehas
Gustavo Flores Phinehas (2nd Season)
Valéria Alencar Puah
Aisha Jambo Radina
Carlos Augusto Sales Ramses (1st phase)
Edu Pinheiro Ramses (2nd phase)
Nicole Orsini Raya
Roney Villela Rishon (2nd Season)
Ricardo Pavão Seon (2nd Season)
Monalisa Eleno Siloé (2nd Season)
Jeniffer Setti Safira
Zécarlos Machado Seti I
Raissa Peniche Seti's second wife
Stella Freitas Shiphrah
Renato Liveira Simut
Babi Xavier Tais
Danilo Mesquita Tales (2nd Season)
Rayener Erlich Talita (2nd Season)
Carolina Chalita Tanya (2nd Season)
Fernanda Nizzato Teti
Angelina Muniz Tuya
Rafael Sardão Uri
Anna Rita Cerqueira Yarin (2nd Season)
Day Mesquita Yunet (1st phase)
Adriana Garambone Yunet (2nd phase)
Felipe Cardoso Zelophehad
Giselle Itié Zipporah
Dudu Azevedo Zur (2nd Season)

Rating

Brazil

Season Timeslot Episodes Premiere Finale Rank Rating average
Date Viewers
(in points) 		Date Viewers
(in points)
1# 2015–16 Mondays—Fridays
8:30pm 		150 March 23, 2015 12 November 23, 2015 24 16.2[12]
2# 2016 Mondays—Fridays
8:30pm 		66 April 4, 2016 16 July 4, 2016 19 15.5[13]

In his debut, Os Dez Mandamentos has acquired an Ibope Rating of 12.1 points in the final numbers, representing the best debut of a Rede Record telenovela since Ribeirão do Tempo, in 2010. At the same time, Jornal Nacional (Globo, 25.3 points) and Carrossel (SBT, 11.8 points) performed well.[14]

United States

Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired
Date Viewers
(millions) 		Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Mon–Fri 8pm/7c 176 July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) 0.42[15] April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) 1.40[16]
2 68 April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09) 1.06[17] June 12, 2017 (2017-06-12) 1.38[18]

References

  1. ^ Gomes, Marta (March 17, 2015). "Tudo pronto para a estreia de "Os Dez Mandamentos"". Notícias do dia (Grupo RIC). Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Diretor sobre "Os Dez Mandamentos": "será a mudança de paradigma na TV"". NaTelinha. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Kantar Ibope Media – Ranking Semanal – Painel Nacional de Televisão 28/09 a 04/10/2015
  4. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (February 2, 2016). "'Kung Fu Panda 3' Kicks Off With $75.7M; 'Ten Commandments' Eyes Brazil Record – Intl B.O. Final". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Os Dez Mandamentos recebe três indicações no Seoul International Drama Awards 2016". 10 August 2016.
  6. ^ Fernando, João (March 22, 2015). "Record lança 'Dez Mandamentos', primeira novela bíblica". Estadão. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "Guarapuava é cenário para gravação da novela "Os 10 Mandamentos" da Record". Prefeitura municipal de Guarapuava. December 4, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  8. ^ Ribeiro, Marcela (March 17, 2015). "Record investe R$ 700 mil por capítulo em "Os Dez Mandamentos"". UOL. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  9. ^ Garcia, Amanda (March 17, 2015). "Record aposta alto em superprodução bíblica "Dez Mandamentos"". Parabólica – Jovem Pan. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  10. ^ Arthur Vivaqua (July 23, 2015). "Nova novela da Record usará câmeras do cinema americano". RD1. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  11. ^ R7.com (24 July 2017). "Conheça os personagens de Os Dez Mandamentos". R7.com.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Os Dez Mandamentos – Audiência Detalhada (in Portuguese)
  13. ^ Os Dez Mandamentos: 2ª Temporada – Audiência Detalhada (in Portuguese)
  14. ^ "Ibope apresenta falha e tira até cinco pontos de atrações da Globo, SBT e Record – TV Foco". 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  15. ^ Pucci, Douglas (14 July 2016). "Monday Final Nationals: ESPN Tops Young Demos Despite Home Run Derby Dipping to its Record-Low Rating". programminginsider.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  16. ^ Pucci, Douglas (10 April 2017). "Friday Final Nationals: Two Mild and One Dismal Broadcast Network Series Debuts". programminginsider.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  17. ^ Pucci, Douglas (11 April 2017). "Sunday Final Nationals: 'Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery' Sets New Investigation". programminginsider.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  18. ^ Pucci, Douglas (14 June 2017). "Monday Final Nationals: ABC Earns 11-Year Monday-High in Adults 18-49 with Cavaliers-Warriors NBA Finals Game 5". programminginsider.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

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