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The Girl in the Mirror

The Girl in the Mirror (Spanish: Alma) is a Spanish supernatural thriller television series created for Netflix by Sergio G. Sánchez. Its nine episodes follow Alma, a teenager who survives a bus accident that kills most of her classmates and wakes in a hospital with no memory of the crash or of her own life, and who tries to reconstruct what happened that day and who she is.¹^•² The series was released on August 19, 2022.³

Key fact	Detail
Original title	Alma (Spanish); The Girl in the Mirror is the worldwide English title⁴
Creator	Sergio G. Sánchez, who also wrote the series and directed with Kike Maillo⁴
Format	9 episodes of about 40 minutes; Netflix; Spain; thriller with supernatural elements⁴^•¹
Release	August 19, 2022, all episodes on Netflix³
Lead cast	Mireia Oriol as Alma, with Álex Villazán, Pol Monen, Claudia Roset, Milena Smit, and María Caballero¹^•⁴
Filming	Entirely in Spain, mainly Asturias, with additional work in Catalonia and Madrid; September 2020 to February 2021⁵
Status	One season; listed as canceled⁶

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Premise

After a bus crash in which almost all of her high school classmates die, Alma is taken to a hospital, where she wakes with amnesia. Confused and traumatized, she tries to unravel the mystery of the accident and regain her identity.¹^•² A Spanish tourism guide to the series describes her situation as that of a blank slate for whom suspicion becomes omnipresent: the belief that everyone around her is lying begins to envelop a world that no longer feels like her own.⁷

The season's nine episodes trace that reconstruction. The opener, "Fog," shows the class retreat on a mountain and the accident on the way home; later episodes follow Alma's attempts to recover memories, a survivor's discovery that he has powers, and the search for a supernatural object called the Hexaspeculum, before the finale, "Return," closes with Tom's tribute to his classmates and Alma's struggle to say goodbye.¹

Cast and production

The series is led by Mireia Oriol as Alma. Álex Villazán plays Tom, Pol Monen plays Bruno, and the main cast also includes Claudia Roset as Deva, Milena Smit as Nico, María Caballero as Diana, Marta Belaustegui as Pilar, Josean Bengoetxea as Román, and Elena Irureta as Aurora.¹^•⁴

Sergio G. Sánchez, the creator and writer, was born in Oviedo, and the series was written with specific landscapes and locations of Asturias in mind.⁷ It was produced by Sospecha Films for Netflix.⁴

Filming locations

Principal photography ran from September 2020 to February 2021, entirely in Spain.⁵ Most shooting took place in Asturias, an autonomous community in northwest Spain. Documented locations include Hotel Rural Arredondo in Celorio and Oviedo sites such as the Piscina del Parque del Oeste, Café Colon, and Castillo de Las Caldas; interior scenes were shot at the Palacio de Campos and Palacio de Meres, and beach scenes at Playa de Porcia, Playa de San Pedro de La Ribera, and Cabo Busto, among many other sites across the region.⁵^•⁸

Additional work was done in Catalonia at the Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya in Terrassa, a studio with four soundstages and two backlots, and in Manresa, with a short stop in Madrid.⁵ Spain's official tourism materials promote the series' Asturias settings as part of screen-tourism itineraries for the region.⁷

Reception and availability

The series is rated TV-MA in the United States and carries a 15 rating in the United Kingdom, and it streams on Netflix, including in 4K.³^•⁹ On IMDb it holds a 6.2 rating from about 3,400 user votes.⁹ Netflix lists the show's genres as TV dramas, Spanish, teen TV shows, and TV horror, and describes it as mind-bending and suspenseful.¹ Moviefone lists the series as canceled after its single season.⁶

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Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026