Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019 Turkish film)
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Directed by | Mehmet Ada Öztekin |
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Based on | Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) by Lee Hwan-kyung |
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Distributed by | CJ Entertainment Turkey |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
Country | Turkey |
Language | Turkish |
Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Turkish: 7. Koğuştaki Mucize) is a 2019 Turkish drama film directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin. It is an official adaptation of the 2013 South Korean comedy-drama film Miracle in Cell No. 7 using the same premise, but with significant changes in story, characters, and tone.[1] It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2]
Plot[]
The story unfolds in a story to a village in 1983. An autistic father, Mehmet Koyuncu (Memo), lives with his young daughter, Ova, and his grandmother on a hillside. But his world is turned upside down when he is falsely charged with murdering a girl who had died due to an accident.
Cast[]
- Aras Bulut İynemli: Memo
- : Ova (as a child)
- : Fatma Nene
- İlker Aksum: Askorozlu
- Mesut Akusta: Yusuf
- Deniz Baysal: Mine
- Yurdaer Okur: Aydın
- : Hafız
- Sarp Akkaya: Nail
- Deniz Celiloğlu: Faruk
- Ferit Kaya: Ali
- : Selim
- : Ayna
- : Hatice
- : Fugitive Soldier
- : Tevfik
- : Ova (as an adult)
Reception[]
The film was the most watched film in Turkish theaters in 2019, with more than 5.3 million admissions. It also gained a large worldwide audience due to its release on Netflix, especially in France and Latin America, where it topped the charts.[3][4]
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References[]
- ^ "7. Koğuştaki Mucize filmi nasıl? İşte 7. Koğuştaki Mucize filmi oyuncuları ve konusu". onedio. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Turkey nominates 'Miracle in Cell No. 7' for Oscar". Daily Sabah. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ ""Koğuştaki Mucize", "Le Roi Lion"… les grands gagnants du confinement sur les plates-formes". Le Parisien. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Ağlayanlar, Hıçkıranlar Gırla: Amerikan ve Fransız Netflix'in TOP 1'inde Yedinci Koğuştaki Mucize Var!". onedio. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links[]
- 2019 films
- Turkish-language films
- CJ Entertainment films
- Turkish drama films
- 2010s prison drama films
- Films about miscarriage of justice
- Films about mental disability
- Turkish films about revenge
- Films about Islam
- Turkish film remakes
- 2019 drama films
- Shot-for-shot remakes