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  • A girls' coming-of-age story

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    Carol's Journey  (2002)

     

    Film Movement presents a film by Imanol Uribe staring Clara Lago (Carol), Juan José Ballesta (Tomiche, a local boy), and María Barranco (Aurora, Carol's Mother).  This Spanish-language film brings rich photography and warm characters to the screen.  Carol, who has grown up in Manhattan, travels with her Mother to her Mother's childhood town in Spain after her Father, a pilot, has joined the Spaniards in the resistance against Franco during the Spanish Civil War.  We meet and get to know several characters in this town including Carol’s Grandfather, a retired teacher, several of the town’s boys, and a few of the Franco loyalists.  While there may be one or two predictable moments, the warmth of the characters will pull you into this story and you are sure to enjoy both the warm and sad moments that play out.  Carol changes as the story progresses.  In the events of this small town Carol sees that she is not the center of the world.  She grows and matures and we enjoy watching this change unfold.

     


 

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