No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas

No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot) is a novel by Laura Norton, and a Spanish romantic comedy film directed by María Ripoll, starring Verónica Echegui and Álex Garcia.

Plot

In 1990's Sara (Verónica Echegui) is a high school unpopular girl. She has a crush on the popular Aarón Humilde (Álex Garcia), a senior high school who has a band. After Aarón leaves town unannounced they lose contact.^[1][2]

Now, 13 years later, she works with feathers, making hats, headdresses, bow ties, dresses and anything else that might require plumage. She is a genuine artist and has a small shop/workshop in a Madrid neighbourhood where she just about manages to make a living. What a shame that her quiet, ordered world is about to collapse around her ears. Somehow, Sara will have to put up with a fleeing mother (Elvira Mínguez), a depressed father (Jordi Sánchez) , a rebellious sister and her eccentric fiancé and, especially, a boyfriend she hasn’t seen in ages who’s about to make her the most absurd proposal in history.^[3]

Cast

• Verónica Echegui as Sara Escribano ^[4]
• Álex Garcia as Aarón Humilde, Sara's past dream boy who is engaged to Lucía
• Elvira Mínguez as Berta Milagros Rodríguez, Sara and Lucia's mother
• Alba Galocha as Lucía Escribano, Aarón' s fiance and Sara's sister
• Jordi Sánchez as Arturo Escribano, an architect

Production

Verónica Echegui was not the first choice for the role of Sara. The role of Sara was originally played by Clara Lago but then she declined in favor to starring in the film 'Órbita 9' ^[5]

The film was shot in Madrid

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and original songs were composed by Simon Smith, who was involved in the development of the film from the start. The lead male character, Aaron, is a pop star and there are many musical scenes that needed original songs to establish the character's career and reveal his feelings. Victor Hernandez also provided help with lyrics and song development before shooting. Alex Garcia, who plays Aaron, had never sung before and took intensive voice and guitar lessons and worked closely with Simon and Maria to develop the character.

The soundtrack has a fresh pop style, drawing on funk, jazz, pop, dub, dance music and electronic music. Simon also wrote several other songs for the score in english that reappear throughout the film, sung by Catalan singer Maria Rodés, to represent the inner mind of the female lead character, Sara.

References

External links

• No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas at the Internet Movie Database