Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)

6.9

Movie

Korea, South Korea
Korean
Comedy, Drama, Family
2013
HWAN-KYUNG LEE, LEE HWAN-KYUNG
Choi Ro-woon, Dal-su Oh, Gal So-won
127 min

What it's about

A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.

The take

Sometimes it's hard to relate to foreign movies because of the different cultures, languages and actors. But Miracle in Cell No. 7 transcended the language barriers for me and delivered one of the most touching stories I have ever seen. It's a Korean film about the intricate yet simple love story between a mentally challenged father and his daughter. When the father is wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit and is sent to prison, his personable character eventually causes the prisoners around him to help reunite him with his daughter in prison. Warning: many tissues will be needed.

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