Miracle in Cell No. 7th

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Movie
Original title 7-beonbang-ui Seonmul ( 7 번방 의 선물 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2013
length 127 minutes
Rod
Director Lee Hwan-kyung
script Lee Hwan-kyung
Yu Young-a
Kim Hwang-sung
Kim Young-seok
production Kim Min-ki
Lee Sang-hun
music Lee Dong-june
camera Kang Seung-gi
cut Choi Jai-geun
Kim So-youn
occupation

Miracle in Cell No. 7 is a 2013 South Korean film directed by Lee Hwan-kyung . At a cost of around 2.3 million euros and an audience of over 12 million, the mixture of family drama and comedy is the financially most successful production of all South Korean films that has reached the 10 million audience mark.

The plot was taken up again by various producers and remade. There is an Indian ( Pushpaka Vimana , 2017), a Turkish ( 7. Koğuştaki Mucize , 2019), a Filipino ( Miracle in Cell No. 7 , 2019) and an Indonesian ( Miracle in Cell No. 7 , 2020) remake of the Films.

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Lee Yong-gu is the retarded father of six-year-old Ye-sung. He works as a simple guard in the parking lot of a supermarket. He wants to buy a Sailor Moon backpack for his daughter that she wants. However, he doesn't have enough money at the time. But before his eyes another family buys the backpack, whereupon he wants the backpack from the other child. The family does not allow this.

When Yong-gu is working, the child comes to him with the Sailor Moon rucksack and says that she knows another shop that still has the rucksack and wants to take it there. In the next scene the girl is dead and Yong-gu tries to give first aid. However, he is charged with abuse and murder. The girl's father is the police chief. The case will be closed within a week and Yong-gu will be sentenced to death. He is taken to cell number 7 in a maximum security prison.

The other inmates initially keep their distance from Yong-gu. However, when Yong-gu realizes that other inmates are trying to injure one of his inmates in Cell No. 7, he rescues him. From then on they help him and hide his daughter in cardboard boxes when she performs with the church choir in the prison. The inmates and the girl have a lot of fun together. After a while, however, the guards notice and Yong-gu is locked in a small cell by himself. When another inmate sets a fire and the prison is evacuated, the prison chief wants to intervene, but is in danger. Yong-gu rushes into the room full of fire and saves his life. Also because of Yong-gu's behavior, who is never aware of his situation, he does not believe that he can be a murderer. He obtains the documents of the case and opens the case again. He also finds out that some things like cause of death were left out of consideration in the verdict.

Meanwhile, Ye-sung is allowed to come into the cell at will. Among other things, she brings a cell phone with her so that an inmate can call his wife and teaches the leader of the group to read. Together they prepare Yong-gu for the retrial. Shortly before the new trial, however, the police chief threatened to admit the guilt, otherwise he would do something to his daughter. The lawyer doesn't help either. Yong-gu pleads guilty to everyone's horror. He is sentenced to death again.

However, his fellow inmates and friends refuse to allow an execution. They build a balloon and at another church event they put him and his daughter in the balloon. The guards assume that the balloon will remain within the prison grounds. When the balloon rises higher and higher, they try to stop the balloon, but are hindered by the inmates. However, the balloon rope sticks to the barbed wire on the prison wall and Yong-gu is unable to escape. Yong-gu is executed just before Christmas.

His daughter, who has since become a lawyer, opens the case again to clear her father's name and calls the inmates and the prison chief to the stand. The court decides innocent and describes the death penalty as inappropriate based on the facts at the time.

Awards

Paeksang Arts Awards 2013

  • Award in the categories
    • Grand Prize for Film for Ryu Seung-ryong
    • Favorite actress for Park Shin-hye
  • Nominated in the categories
    • Best movie
    • Best Actor for Ryu Seung-ryong
    • Best Supporting Actor for Oh Dal-su
    • Best Supporting Actress for Park Shin-hye
    • Best New Actress for Kal So-won
    • Best Screenplay for Lee Hwan-kyung, Kim Hwang-sung and Kim Young-seok

Mnet 20's Choice Awards 2013

  • Award 20's Movie Star for Ryu Seung-ryong
  • 20's Movie Star nomination for Park Shin-hye

Grand Bell Awards 2013

  • Award in the categories
  • Best Actor - Ryu Seung-ryong
    • Special Jury Prize - Kal So-won
    • Best Screenplay - Lee Hwan-kyung
  • Nominated in the categories
    • Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kang Seung-gi
    • Nomination - Best Director - Lee Hwan-kyung
    • Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Oh Dal-su
    • Nomination - Best Actress - Kal So-won
    • Nomination - Best New Actress - Kal So-won

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miracle in Cell No.7 Attracts More Than 10 Mln to Theaters in Hancinema.Retrieved September 1, 2013
  2. ^ Ji Young-jin: Mighty Start, Bright Prospect. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. February 26, 2013, accessed March 28, 2014 .