Carol's Journey

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Carol's Journey
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl viaje de Carol
Directed byImanol Uribe
Screenplay by
  • Ángel García Roldán
  • Imanol Uribe
Based onA boca de noche
by Ángel García Roldán
Produced by
  • Andrés Santana
  • Fernando Bovaira
Starring
CinematographyGonzalo F. Berridi
Edited by
Sogecine
  • Aiete
  • Ariane Films
  • Distributed bySogepaq
    Release date
    • 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) (Spain)
    Running time
    104 minutes
    Countries
    • Spain
    • Portugal
    LanguageSpanish

    Carol's Journey (Spanish: El viaje de Carol) is a 2002 Spanish-Portuguese drama film directed by

    Rosa María Sardá
    . The plot concerns a Spanish-American girl's visit to her family's hometown during the Spanish Civil War.

    Plot

    12 year-old Carol and her mother Aurora visit their family's hometown in Spain, during the Civil War in 1938. It is Carol's first time in the country, as she grew up in New York in the United States. Her American father, Robert, is fighting in the frontlines as a pilot with the International Brigade. Aurora keeps in touch with her husband by writing letters, which are carried to the frontlines by a Portuguese smuggler.

    Aurora's family is conservative and middle-class; her and Carol's liberal American manners bring culture shock to the community, especially to the Catholic clergy. In a visit to her former teacher and best friend Maruja, Aurora reveals that she is seriously ill, and that she in fact came home to die.

    After her mother passes away, Carol asks her grandfather, Don Amalio, to keep it secret from her father so as not to add to his worries. She also convinces Maruja to write letters to Robert in her mother's name. Carol goes to live with her aunt Dolores and cousin Blanca; she befriends three local boys, including Tomiche, with whom she is attracted romantically.

    After

    General Franco
    , is forced to burn his pro-Republican books. Robert sneaks home, and Carol is overjoyed to see her father again. The local authorities immediately search Don Amalio's house for the fugitive. In the pursuit, Tomiche, whom Carol wanted to introduce to her father, is accidentally shot and killed.

    In the epilogue, Carol returns to New York to her paternal grandparents' care. Don Amalio expresses hope that Carol's father, who has been taken prisoner, would suffer only a few months in jail at worst, being a citizen of the influential United States. In the car ride on the way to the port, Carol's surviving friends catch up on their bikes to say farewell; she imagines Tomiche with them, saying goodbye as well.

    Cast

    Production

    An adaptation of Ángel García Roldán's novel A boca de noche,

    Sogecine and Aiete-Ariane Films.[3] It was shot in Cantabria, Galicia and Portugal.[6][7]

    Release

    Distributed by Sogepac,[7] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 6 September 2002.[3][2]

    Accolades

    Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
    2003 17th Goya Awards Best New Actress Clara Lago Nominated [8]
    Best Production Supervision Andrés Santana Nominated
    Best Costume Design Lena Mossum Nominated

    See also

    References

    1. .
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 207.
    3. ^ a b c d Pablo 2003, p. 193.
    4. ISSN 1137-4438
      .
    5. ^ Gómez Pérez, Francisco Javier; Navarrete-Galiano, Ramón; Pérez Rufí, José Patricio (2009). "Las coproducciones cinematográficas hispano-lusas ante el siglo XXI: políticas económico-culturales de apoyo a la cooperación empresarial en materia de producción cinematográfica entre España y Portugal". 6º Congresso SOPCOM. p. 2908 – via Universidad de Sevilla.
    6. ^ "Imanol Uribe muestra su sensibilidad a través de los ojos de una niña en 'El viaje de Carol'". El Mundo. 5 September 2022.
    7. ^ a b Holland, Jonathan (27 August 2002). "Carol's Journey". Variety.
    8. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
      . Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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