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Espelho da Vida (2018)

Espelho da Vida poster
Directed by
Pedro Vasconcellos
Genre
telenovela
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 160 episodes
Rated
14
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young actress travels to a small town to film a movie about a woman who was murdered in the 1930s. She discovers that she is the reincarnation of that woman and tries to solve the mystery of her past life.

mysteriousromanticdramaticslow-pacedintriguingemotionalmelodramaticnostalgic

What happens

Espelho da Vida is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo that premiered on 25 September 2018, replacing Orgulho e Paixão, and ended on 1 April 2019. It is created by Elizabeth Jhin, and directed by Pedro Vasconcelos. The show features a large ensemble cast headed by; Vitória Strada, João Vicente de Castro, Alinne Moraes, Rafael Cardoso, Irene Ravache, Júlia Lemmertz, Ângelo Antônio, Vera Fischer and Kéfera Buchmann. Set in both the present time and the 1930s, Espelho da Vida tells the story of Cris Valencia, a budding actress who accompanies her boyfriend to Rosa Branca to make a film based on Julia Castelo, a woman who was mysteriously murdered in the 30s. Cris will also discover she is actually a reincarnation of Julia Castelo. Cris will try to unravel the enigma that befell her in her past life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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