The teenagers of the red bracelets did not have the last word. A little over three years after the final episode of season 3 aired, the hit series adapted from the Spanish format Polseres vermelles makes a big return this Monday, September 11 at 9:10pm on TF1 for a new season 4. A form of overload that gives pride of place to a new generation of sick adults.
Exit Thomas (Audran Catin), Clement (Tom Rivoire), Roxanne (Luna Espinosa), Mehdi (Azize Diabate) and Kome (Marius Blivet), who are not returning in this fourth season – their stories, which have ended, are ahead. Three years old – and room for Benjy, Gabrielle, Zoe, Emma and Nathan, who will quickly touch your heart.
The same hospital, but a new generation of red bracelets
This “sequel” of the red bracelets brings us back to the pediatric department of the Leonard de Vinci hospital in Arcachon, which was already the atmosphere of the first three seasons. An opportunity for TF1 viewers to meet much of the facility’s nursing staff, including Drs Catalan and Riffier. But will also meet a new group of bracelets.
First of all, Benji, the “heart” of the group, is suffering from a degenerative disease and has been in the hospital for years. His best friend, Gabriel, is in a wheelchair after a terrible car accident. United in adversity, they meet Zoe, who is admitted with a broken arm, but whose analysis reveals that her health is more serious than expected.
Forced to stay in hospital as she prepares for her Oxford entrance exams, Zoe shares her room with Emma. He is waiting for his mother’s test results so that she can have a kidney transplant. Eventually, Nathan is admitted to the emergency room, a victim of a surfing accident, and finds himself in the same room as Gabriel, who has to live with the person he’s been dying to see.
Zoe and Nathan, who have just arrived, have to learn to live in this place while they are out there, making their own lives. Emma dreams of going out when Gabriel feels better in the hospital than anywhere else. All different, but all sick, the new red bracelets learn to know and trust each other, even as some of them fear each other. However, they always find strength in friendship to fight and hope, even if Benjy has nothing left…
who is he with
Benjy, Gabrielle, Zoe, Emma, and Nathan, the new teenagers of Bracelets rouge Season 4, are played by Leo Lorleac (The King), Noah Wodek (When We Cry Wolf), Esther Blanch, Callie Boyson (ASKIP), and Noah, respectively. Derrick (Un Si Grand Soleil).
Still on the new characters side, fans of the series will also find Maxime Pippe as Cesar, another teenager from the hospital who befriends Zoe, but also actor and impersonator Michael Gregorio, who lends his features to Darius. , a young intern who is also Zoe’s big brother.
The doctors and nurses, played by Lionel Abelansky, Guillain Lowndes, Juliette Lambol, Duke Coma, Emily Gaua-Kahn, Stephane Debak and Vincent Denyar, are back. While the parents of the new characters are played by Blandine Bellavoir, Emily Cain, Samira Lachhab, Yanig Samot, Nadezh Bosson-Diane, Eveline El Garbi Clay, Olivier de Benoist, Lillian Rovere and Anne Suarez.
Is it worth checking out?
Let’s be honest: this new season of Red Armbands, which marks the start of a new era for the TF1 teen series, is a real success. The welcoming and intimate journey of the various characters is told with as much precision and depth as ever, amid dramas, life’s rage, disappointments, friendships and love stories.
We’re immediately under the spell of Benjy, Gabriel, Emma and others, who have nothing to envy of their predecessors, on the contrary, and whose group dynamics are somewhat different from what we saw in the first three seasons.
Still as disturbing and exciting – especially when it comes to the contrast between the hope of escape for most of the characters and the everyday life of Benjy, who in turn has no real hope – this fourth season, consisting of six episodes, also surprises. With its really nice comedic moments.
and screenwriters Cécile Berger, Solenn Le Priolle, Pascal Fontanil, Vinny Vatimbella, and Alexandre Manéville’s willingness to go where the series had not gone before, particularly in dealing with Gabrielle’s high school bullying. A gay character in the group. A terrible ordeal that unfortunately lands him in the hospital.
Once we’ve finished watching the series, we’re happy to see that we’ve never missed the old characters – we’ve clearly not taken away from many of the features of Seasons 1 to 3 – and that the parental characters, brilliantly played by Samira Lachhab ( Tomorrow Belongs to Us ), Emily Cain ( What to Do with Good To the Lord?), Janig Samot (Balthazar) or Nadège Bosson-Diane (Plus belle la vie), never steal the spotlight from the teenagers who are the real beating hearts. of this new generation.
The six young actors, Leo Lorleac, Noah Wodek, Callie Boyson, Esther Blanc, Noah Derrick and Maxim Pipette, who are simply amazing, create sparks over the course of six episodes and already seem to have bright futures. In short, this new version of Red Armband definitely has everything right and we’re already looking forward to Season 5, which will continue the adventures of this cute little gang.
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