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.

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.

In the town of Rosa Branca, Vicente, on his deathbed, makes a final request to his wife, Margot: to bring back his grandson, Alain, a successful filmmaker, to create a biographical film that tells the world the story of Julia Castelo, a woman involved in a mysterious crime in the 1930s.

Despite having sworn never to return to Rosa Branca after being betrayed a decade earlier by his ex-girlfriend Isabel and his cousin Felipe, Alain decides to honour his grandfather’s dying wish.

During her research for the role, Cris discovers a mirror in Julia Castelo's house that allows her to travel back to the 1930s, the era when the crime occurred.