Carol's Journey (El Viaje de Carol)

Alberto Jiménez, Alvaro de Luna, Andres de la Cruz

Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl who was raised in New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her father whom she ad...( read more  read more... )ores, a pilot in the International Brigades, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the secretive family environment. Her innocence and rebellious nature drive her at first to reject a world that is at once new and foreign. But she soon becomes friends with Maruja, the village teacher and this, together with the lessons in life learned from her grandfather and her love for a local boy, Tomiche, take her on an unforgettable and bittersweet journey into the world of adulthood.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Imanol Uribe

Released: January 1, 2002

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DVD Released: April 4, 2006

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  • March 7, 2008
    A great movie. Even a twelve-year-old tomboy can change the people around her. Carol moves to rural Spain during the Spanish Civil war. You can't help loving the kids in this movie.
  • July 27, 2008
    a beautiful and moving movie about a young girl during the spanish civil war. tomiche broke my heart, and the girl who plays carol has amazing features. ah, foreign movies are so good...
  • June 4, 2008
    Quite a touching story. I was crying by the end, but it did bother me that Carol never cried through the entire thing.
  • April 3, 2008
    Adaptación de la novela de Angel García Roldán (autor del guión), aunque la trama de El Viaje de Carol se encuentre ambientada dentro de la época de la Guerra Civil Española, Uribe decidió apartarse de un tratamiento histórico, para centrarse en sus personajes infantiles y sus p... ...( read more )

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  • nadian24
    November 9, 2007
    Definately one of my favorite movies! So sweet and cute!
  • sarness
    September 27, 2006
    This movie is soo beautiful!!!!! i loved it ! ! ! !xxx
    sara

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