Apocalipse
2017
Original language: Portuguese
- drama
- soap
- action & adventure
- mystery
The story
A mysterious and spiritual portrayal of one of the most intense and controversial stories in the Holy Bible: the end of the world.
What it’s like
Solemn, serialized, and built for the living room: this is a soap-paced biblical drama where the mood leans toward foreboding and spiritual mystery rather than spectacle for its own sake. Expect the rhythm of a telenovela, with recurring characters, emotional confrontations, and cliffhanger-driven episodes that unfold over many evenings. The tone is earnest and portentous, with a steady undercurrent of unease as the story moves toward its apocalyptic climax. Its people's arcs tend to turn on faith, doubt, and reckoning under pressure. Because the subject is the end of the world, the intensity is real: the story includes conflict, catastrophe, and fear, so it is not gentle viewing, though its violence is framed through prophecy and moral stakes rather than gore. It suits a comfort-free evening of committed watching, a Sunday binge with family, or anyone curious how Scripture's most unsettling book translates into serialized Brazilian television. It is for viewers who enjoy long-form drama, religious themes, and slow-building mystery, and who don't mind a melodramatic register.
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