The new Vox series "Club of Red Ribbons" is set in a hospital, but has little to do with the well-known hospital series around lies, cheating and drama.
Instead, it's about friendship, togetherness, understanding, love and the fear of life or death.
I was directly touched and taken with this series, the characters are so sensitively drawn, the actors were so lovingly chosen, and so wonderful is the Catalan original "Polseres vermelles", based on the actual experiences of Albert Espinosa, in the Vox production,
There is, for example, Jonas (pictured by Damian Hardung), who is losing a leg due to his cancer. He falls into a coma and meets little Hugo, who has been in a coma since a bathing accident. This gives him a message to his mother and when Jonas aligns this, explains Hugo in the off "Thank you Jonas, so she creates it for another year and that's what we need above all: time."
This scene shows what makes "Club of the Red Ribbons" so different, so special. It plays with the world of fantasy and thus helps our mind and the little patient to better understand and classify their new reality. The whole thing happens without much pathos, but with a lot of wit and attention to detail.
In any case, I'm really looking forward to hearing how this very special gang is going on and I'm definitely not going to talk any more on Mondays at 8:15 pm, as I'm thrilled with Jonas, Leo, Hugo and Co goes on.
