The Ten Commandments: The Movie
| The Ten Commandments: The Movie | |
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| Os Dez Mandamentos | |
| Directed by | Alexandre Avancini |
| Produced by | Rede Record |
| Screenplay by | Vívian de Oliveira |
| Based on | Os Dez Mandamentos |
| Starring |
Guilherme Winter Sérgio Marone Camila Rodrigues Giselle Itié Petrônio Gontijo Gabriela Durlo Larissa Maciel Denise del Vecchio Marco Antônio Gimenez Vera Zimmerman Paulo Gorgulho |
| Distributed by | Paris Filmes |
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120 min |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Box office |
R$116 million ($30 million) |
The Ten Commandments is a Brazilian movie of 2016 released by Rede Record in association with Paris Filmes. The film is an adaptation of the eponymous television series presented by Rede Record in 2015, with new footage and different developments of which were shown in its last chapter on television. The adaptation was written by Vivian de Oliveira and directed by Alexandre Avancini, with the same cast as the soap opera.
The film was widely released by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), but a news report in São Paulo showed empty screening rooms at the premiere of the film, despite the tickets sold at the box office. It was reported that in Recife a single buyer associated with the UCKG bought all the tickets for all showings of the film in its first two weeks, more than 20,700 tickets. UCKG officially denied the negative reports about the film.
During pre-order the film broke several records. In two weeks more than 2 million tickets were sold, and it was also shown at more screens in Brazil, over 1,000, than any previous film. However, it was poorly received by critics.
The UCKG was criticised for heavily promoting the film at their services, and asking those attending for money to buy tickets for those who could not afford them; pastors at church services distributed envelopes with the Ten Commandments logo, and asked for them to be filled with money and returned to help the "cause", interspersed with stressing the importance of tithing 10% of salary, plus extra donations, every month.
The film tells the story of Moses leading the Jewish people to the promised land. The plot has the adaptation of four books of the Bible that have this trajectory: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Welcomed by Pharaoh's daughter as a baby, Moses grows as the prince of Egypt, but turns against his adoptive family in favor of the suffering people of Israel, whom he should led to liberty.
The soap opera The Ten Commandments is considered biblical teledramaturgy. In 2010, Rede Record launched the first product on television with this theme, with the debut of the 10-episode miniseries, The Story of Esther. In 2011, the 18-episode minisseries Samson and Delilah debuted. In 2012, it was the time of King David, with 30 episodes. In 2013, Joseph from Egypt debuted, with 38 episodes. In 2014, the series Miracles of Jesus debuted with 18 episodes in the first season, and in 2015 the second season premiered with 17 episodes.
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