El Viaje de Carol was interesting, because we did not have subtitles throughout the film, and had to rely on the actions and responses of the characters to understand the film. The film had romance, suspense, sadness, and drama. Carol is a twelve year old American girl, that has a tom-boy style. She has short hair, wears overalls and jeans. She doesn't dress up like the other girls, except for special occasions such as her birthday. Carol's father is in the military fighting the Spanish Civil War. Carol lives with her Mother, Aurora. Aurora took Carol to Spain for the first time, to visit Spain. Aurora's family, is unaware of her sickness and dies. Carol is left in care of her grandfather and aunt. Carol relies on her grandfather, Maruja, and the support from friends to deal with her mother's death. Carol is a strong mature girl for entering her teenage years. She is forced to deal with the loss of her mother and boyfriend, and is in a new country without her father. Carol is considered antisocial by the Spanish society. For example, the Catholic Church categorizes her as a Protestant.
Carol fights with learning the Spanish culture first by standing up against the boys that we picking on her. After Tomiche steals her hat, Carol kicks him to get it back. Tomiche and Carol become friends and quickly fall in love with eachother. Carol even kisses Tomiche first. She makes friends with this small group of kids. They influence her by having her try cigarrettes. She also rebells when she sneaks out of the house after being punished by her aunt. With the help of Maruja, Carol is able to send her father a letter to contact him. Robert responds by sending her a package on her birthday, with an airplane and letter. Robert is able to find Carol, and they are very happy to see eachother. The military men hurt Tomiche and he dies after being shot. The military captures Robert. Robert and Carol hope to one day be reunited. The film ends with Carol and her Grandfather in the car leaving, and she waves goodbye to the boys. Magic realism is in this part as she sees Tomiche wave goodbye for one last time.
Even though I didn't understand the language, I understood the film through the characters and found the film to be very moving.
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