a special holiday film event carol's journey / el viaje de carol
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:00PM
Stockton Empire Theatre
SJFS presented a special holiday screening of "Carol's Journey / El Viaje de Carol" (Spain), winner of a Berlin International Film Festival's Crystal Bear Award, on Thursday, December 11th, 2008, at 7:00PM, at the historic Stockton Empire Theatre.
Film Co-Sponsor: International Programs and Services at University of the Pacific Venue Sponsor: Stockton Empire Theatre
This event included a special preview of SJFS's upcoming San Joaquin Children's Film Festival, which will inaugurate in the city of Stockton from January 16 to 18, 2009, and will showcase a diverse collection of 21 films from around the world "for kids of all ages."
Nominated for three Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars®), and selected by some of the world's leading film festivals, including San Sebastian International Film Festival®, Cairo International Film Festival®, and Montreal World Film Festival® where it was nominated for for Le Grand Prix des Amériques, "Carol's Journey," according to the US distribution company Film Movement, is a film about "Carol, a Spanish-American twelve year old girl brought up in New York, who travels with her mother to Spain for the first time in the turbulent spring of 1938, to meet her mother's family. Separated from her father, a pilot in the International Brigades involved in the Spanish Civil War, whom she adores, her arrival in her mother's native village transforms the secretive family environment. Her innocent and rebellious nature drives her to oppose a conventional world new to her. Her friendship with Maruja, the village's teacher, together with the lessons in life learnt from her grandfather and her love for local boy Tomiche will take her on an unforgettable and bittersweet journey into the world of adulthood."
Starring Clara Lago, Juan José Ballesta, Álvaro de Luna, María Barranco. Directed by Imanol Uribe. Written by Ángel García Roldán and Imanol Uribe.
2002. Drama in Spanish with English subtitles. 100 minutes.
Distributor: Film Movement
