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A new home and Noah’s past
A spoiler-filled discussion of the 2023 Spanish film My Fault, also known as Culpa mía.
Open the recap & discussion — spoilers
Noah leaves her old life to move into her mother’s new husband’s home. There she meets his son Nick, and their difficult first encounters unfold alongside an unsettling family past.
Moving into the Leister home
Rafaella marries William Leister and brings her daughter Noah to live with them. Noah leaves behind her familiar life and meets William’s son Nick, whose friends and activities include underground racing. The new stepsiblings clash before becoming drawn to each other.
Racing and secrets
Noah befriends Jenna and encounters Nick’s circle, including racing rival Ronnie. Her own knowledge of cars is connected to her past. She also receives anonymous threats, bringing danger into the new life she is trying to establish.
What Noah has not told Nick
Nick learns that Noah’s father Jonás was violent toward her family and that Noah’s testimony helped send him to prison. He has been released and wants revenge. The revelation helps Nick understand her fear, including her reaction to being locked in the dark.
Jonás returns
Jonás has Ronnie kidnap Noah and demands a ransom. Nick works with the police to find her, and a car chase ends with Jonás’s death. Noah survives and reunites with Nick, though surviving does not erase what she has experienced.
The family knows
The adults learn about Noah and Nick’s relationship. Rafaella disapproves and tells William she intends to separate them. The 2023 Spanish film ends with the couple reunited and the family conflict unresolved; this is not the later My Fault: London remake.
After watching
- How does learning about Noah’s father change Nick’s understanding of her reactions?
- How does the relationship complicate the adults’ new family?
The past follows Noah
Alongside romance and racing, the film depicts how violence in Noah’s family continues to affect her sense of safety.
Keep the conversation going
Who is behind Noah’s kidnapping?
Her father Jonás has Ronnie kidnap her and demands a ransom.
