MIRACLE IN CELL NO.7

Hello ! This is our fifth post about movies. I hope you all enjoy it and please keep reading the other post. In this post, I will make a post about a movie that make me cry even after watching it for 4 times. The movie title is MIRACLE IN CELL NO.7 which relesed last year. It is a heart warming and a family melodrama about a mentally man that wrongfully imprisoned for rape and murder a kids. In the cell, he slowly builds friendships with the criminals in his cell and his cellmate help him see his lovely daughter by breaking the cell law and they even help him defending himself in his trial.

This movie takes place in  two time of periods. There's the modern story where the grown-up daughter, Ye-sung became a lawyer and open up his father, Lee Yong-gu case again to clear his father's name from the false charge of murder and rape. During Ye-sung defended his father in the court, she told them their life story to prove that his father was innocent. Then the movie flashback to 1997, the year that his father was accused and imprisoned in cell no.7. 

The story started with Ye-sung and Yong-gu, his father visiting a storefront to see Ye-sung favorite sailormoon backpack on display. Yong-gu desperately want to buy that backpack for his daughter but he does not have money yet. But one day the backpack was bought and the incident made them sad. A few days after that, a little girl, the owner of the sailormoon backpack offers to take him to another store which sells it, he follows her until he hears a sudden and short scream.

He end up finding the girl laying in the street with a lot of blood on her head and unconsciously. Yong-gu tried to save that little girl by doing CPR routine but his efforts taken wrongly by an old lady that walked passed them. He then unfairly put on the fast track through the justice system and was coerced, sometimes violently, into giving a false confession that he killed her. In the truth, Yong-gu just doesn't even know enough to understand his situation. He can't defend himself and the worst of all, no one seems to care about him.

In the cells, Yong-gu's cellmates did not like him at the beggining but after he save one of his cellmate by sacrificing his life, their bond become stronger. His cellmate said that he will do anything that Yong-gu wants and he said that he wants to meet Ye-sung. His cellmates have to brought Ye-sung into the cells illegally. The presence of Ye-sung brought more bright and cheerful atmosphere in the cell. Little Ye-sung brings joy into each of their life. 

After knowing that Yong-gu is innocent in his case, his cellmates help him to defending himself in the court. But since they can not accompany him to his trial, they spend countless hours drilling him what he has to say to prove that he is not guilty.

But on the trial day, the system is so cruel to Yong-gu. These part was maybe the hardest aspect of the story to swallow was how completely and willfully blind it was to his inability to stand trial. we were aware that these was a personal issue to police commissioner, but is becomes difficult not to hate him when he refuses to take Yong-gu's state of mind into account and wants him declared guilty no matter what.

These story has so many emotional moments that we will feel during watching this movie such as a sad emotion when Yong-gu was separated with his daughter or an angry emotion when there is no justice for Yong-gu even they know, he is innocent. There are something amazing about this movie that make it special from other movie. I suggest for those who not yet watching this movie, please take your time to watch it. You will no regret it !

To prove that this movie is one of the best movie, lets see their AWARDS :)

2013 49th Baeksan Arts Award

• Grand Prize for Film -Ryu Seung-Ryong
• Most Popular Actress - Park Sin Hye
• Nomination - Best Film
• Nomination - Best Actor - Ryu Seung-Ryong
• Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Oh Dal-su
• Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - Park Shin hye
• Nomination - Best New Actress - Kal So-Wan
• Nomination - Best Screenplay - Lee Hwan-kyung, Kim Hwang-sung, Kim Young-seok

2013 7th Mnet 20' Choice Awards

• 20's Movie Star, Male - Ryu Seung-ryong
• Nomination - 20's Movie Star, Female - Park Shin-hye

2013 50th Grand Bell Awards

• Best Actor - Ryu Seung-Ryong
• Special Jury Prize - Kal So-won
• Best Screenplay - Lee Hwan-kyung
• 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

2013 33rd Korean Association of Flim Critics Awards

• Best Supporting Actress - Park Shin-hye

2013 21st Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards

• Grand Prize in Film: Ryu Seung-ryong
• Top Excellence Award, Actor in Film: Oh Dal-su