Floor 4ª¨ (2002) is a feeling film about children with cancer treated with a touch of humor , despite its grave subject matter . It is a touching tragicomedy with romantic as well as hilarious elements ; including enjoyable performances and thought-provoking issues . As they live together as patients at a hospitals paediatric ward and learn how to deal with their illnesses, the experiences that they have , and the people that they meet . It results to be other of the innumerable stories to deal with dramatic deeds blending with comedy that follows the relationships of a bunch of wheelchair-bound adolescent boys - "the baldies" - who , and are determined to defy the distresses that life has dealt them . Retelling the tale of a group of children and teenagers who meet as patients in the children's wing of a hospital , and being based based on real events . Told through the eyes of a group of teenagers who meet as patients in a hospital pediatric ward, as the band of teens (led by Juan Jose Ballesta who gives a likable acting) relationship among them , suffering , playing basketball and enjoying immensely , too . There are new patients whose acquaintances are worth making as they vanquish misfortunes , there's even love to be found a few floors up .
Based on writer Albert Espinosa's own upbeat experiences as a teenager in a hospital cancer ward , flipping between tragedy and comedy . Funny and uplifting Spanish Dramedy with bewildering events , entertainment , amusement and fun situations . It's an agreeable , moving film in which friendship , comradeship and hope survive all , being perfectly acted and concerning the narration about a group of kiddies live together in the cancer ward on the fourth floor of a hospital and all of them growing up together have remarkably positive attitudes . Meanwhile , they enjoy antics , jokes , singing , dealing with nurses at whom they can poke fun , a basketball team to run , nightly saunters down the hospital corridors and many other things .
Atmospheric as well as attractive musical score by Manuel Villalta (El Palo , Oro De Moscu , Nada En Nevera , El Forastero) , including a catching song by the famous band Estopa . Colorful and appropriate cinematography by Rafel Perez Cubero . 4th Floor was professionally written (along with Alberto Espinosa) and directed by Antonio Mercero and resulted to get a big success at Spanish Box office . Mercero is a author of great hits TV series and several award-winning films . In 1970 he started working for TV as he shot several documentaries and some chapters for the series "Crónicas Un Pueblo" or ¨Chronicles of a village¨(1971) , a big hit in Spain despite its deep ideological content, risky for the period it was made in ; and specially successful was ¨the phone booth¨ (1970) (TV), which won 10 national and international awards, including the Emmy Award in 1973. Then he realized ¨Los Pajaritos¨ (1973), ¨Gioconda is sad¨ (1975), the series "Ese Señor De Negro" or ¨That man in black¨ (1975), La Noche del Licenciado (1978), and his three biggest hit smashes : ¨Turno Oficio¨ TV series about advocates in law , "Blue summer , Verano Azul" (1978) which became a sociological phenomenon and "Farmacia de Guardia" (1990) about an Apotheke . Other important film directed by Mercero was ¨Don Juan Querido Fantasma¨ , an amusing comedy well performed by Juan Luis Galiardo . Today, he still works for TV as ¨Manolito Gafotas¨ series and some of his latest work in cinema have been ¨Guerra De Papa¨, ¨Esperame en Cielo¨ a parody about a Franco's double , ¨The treasure¨ and ¨Hora De Los Valiantes¨ out the Spanish Civil War . His last film was ¨? Y Tu Quién Eres?¨ about Alzheimer illness and starred by Manuel Alexandre . Rating : Better than average , 7. Well worth seeing .
This story dealing with choices, love, life and the people that make them stronger was remade several occasions as national as international ones : A remake of the Spanish/Catalan show Pulseres Vermelles (Pulseras Rojas, in Spanish) broadcasting in Catalan language in TV3. Italian remaking "Braccialetti Rossi" (2014) . Netherlands recounting titled : ¨Kankerlijers¨ or "Sickos" (2014) . Switzerland retelling "Bold Heroes" or Stationspiraten (2010) . Chile version : Pulseras Rojas" (2014) MTV mini-series 2014 . And American rendition "Red Band Society" (2014 with )Octavia Spencer ,Dave Annable , Astro , Charlie Rowe .
