O Tempo Não Para


O Tempo Não Para is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It premiered on 31 July 2018, replacing Deus Salve o Rei, and ended on 28 January 2019, replaced by Verão 90. It was created by Mario Teixeira in collaboration with Bíbi Da Pieve, Tarcísio Lara Puiati, Marcos Lazarini, Marcelo Travesso, and Adriano Melo. The artistic director is Leonardo Nogueira.
It stars Juliana Paiva, Nicolas Prattes, Cleo Pires, Edson Celulari, Rosi Campos, Christiane Torloni, Carol Castro, Eva Wilma, Regiane Alves, João Baldasserini, and Adriane Galisteu in the main roles.

Plot

The story begins in 1886 and features the Sabino Machado family, who live in São Paulo. The family owns several plots of land for gold and ore mining, as well as investments in telephony. The family embarks on the Europe-bound Albatross, one of the safest ships of the time. Dom Sabino plans to visit the shipyard he bought in England, keeping his daughter Marocas away from the city's talk after she refused a wedding at the altar. The ship detours for a brief visit to Patagonia, but it collides with an iceberg.
The ship is shipwrecked, and most of the passengers freeze due to the low water temperature. There are thirteen people on board: the Sabino Machado family, comprising Dom Sabino, Dona Agustina, Marocas, and twins Nico and Kiki ; slaves Damásia, Cairu, Cesária, Menelau, and Cecílio ; bookkeeper Teófilo ; preceptor Miss Celine ; young Bento ; and the Pirate.
132 years later, a large block of ice approaches Guarujá beach in São Paulo. Samuca is a businessman involved in social causes and the owner of the SamVita Holding and the Vita Foundation, which focuses on recycling. Samuca first sees the ice block while surfing. He is soon fascinated by the frozen face of Marocas. When a fissure threatens to break the ice block, Samuca – wanting to save Marocas – clings to the block and is drawn by the current to the bottom, arriving at the fictional Red Island. The other frozen humans are taken to Criotec, a laboratory specializing in cryogenics. The ice block's arrival generates curiosity and stirs a national commotion. Gradually, each of the frozen humans wake up, facing a new contemporary reality.

Cast

According to IBOPE's consolidated data, the premiere recorded a viewership rating of 31.9 points and a 46% share in São Paulo, the highest viewership indices in the time slot since 2012. In Rio de Janeiro, it recorded 34 points and a 49% share, the highest rating since 2010.