A phenomenon that explores the reactions of faith, medicine and society.
It has a humorous and dramatic tone, it raises questions of faith, science, innocence and exploitation. Its protagonist, Lolo Garcia, gives an innocent performance, as natural as any 5-year-old child, but her angelic halo is funny because it highlights a cherub with wings. in the back.
After its innocent tone, typical of the time in which it was filmed, it aims to be a song of freedom, childhood and kindness, although it is also worth highlighting that it has a social and political background that reflects the situation in Spain after the death of Franco. and the transition to democracy. Its director, Antonio Mercero, was a renowned TV director, who had created legendary series such as 'Crónicas de un pueblo', 'Verano Azul' or 'Farmacia de Guardia'. With this film he wanted to make it family-friendly, entertaining and exciting to the public. , and it achieved it at the time, with its positive and hopeful message, however the result is irregular and uneven, since it mixes scenes of humor, drama, adventure and fantasy, without achieving a balance or narrative coherence, with a slow pace and boring that becomes tiresome and repetitive.
'Tobi' may have a certain nostalgic value for those of us who saw it as a child, like me, but it has not aged well and today it is seen as a naive, childish and mediocre product.
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2024-01-29T20:25:00Z
A phenomenon that explores the reactions of faith, medicine and society.
It has a humorous and dramatic tone, it raises questions of faith, science, innocence and exploitation. Its protagonist, Lolo Garcia, gives an innocent performance, as natural as any 5-year-old child, but her angelic halo is funny because it highlights a cherub with wings. in the back.
After its innocent tone, typical of the time in which it was filmed, it aims to be a song of freedom, childhood and kindness, although it is also worth highlighting that it has a social and political background that reflects the situation in Spain after the death of Franco. and the transition to democracy.
Its director, Antonio Mercero, was a renowned TV director, who had created legendary series such as 'Crónicas de un pueblo', 'Verano Azul' or 'Farmacia de Guardia'. With this film he wanted to make it family-friendly, entertaining and exciting to the public. , and it achieved it at the time, with its positive and hopeful message, however the result is irregular and uneven, since it mixes scenes of humor, drama, adventure and fantasy, without achieving a balance or narrative coherence, with a slow pace and boring that becomes tiresome and repetitive.
'Tobi' may have a certain nostalgic value for those of us who saw it as a child, like me, but it has not aged well and today it is seen as a naive, childish and mediocre product.