El Viaje de Carol

Carol is an amazingly confident, headstrong young Americanized girl who travels to Spain (where her mother is from) to get hit by culture shock when she realizes how conservative the population is. She refuses to wear dresses. She gets into fights with a boy. She begs her grandpa to let her live with him and then asks him to stand up against the prejudices they receive. Carol is not afraid to speak her mind. The American culture she was raised in taught her to be independent and open-minded. When she comes to Spain who is dealing with the "Franco years," she refuses to sit back and accept the oppression.