Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019 Turkish film)

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.[2]

Miracle in Cell No. 7
Directed byMehmet Ada Öztekin
Produced by
  • Sinan Turan
  • Saner Ayar
Screenplay by
  • Özge Efendioğlu
  • Kubilay Tat
Based onMiracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
by Lee Hwan-kyung
Starring
Music by
  • Hasan Özsüt
  • Işıl Özsüt
Production
company
  • Motion Content Group
  • Lanistar Medya
Distributed byCJ Entertainment Turkey
Release date
  • October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

Plot

The story unfolds in a story to a village in 1983. A mentally challenged man, 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
  • Nisa Aksongur: Ova (as a child)
  • Celile Toyon: Fatma Nene
  • İlker Aksum: Askorozlu
  • Mesut Akusta: Yusuf
  • Deniz Baysal: Mine
  • Yurdaer Okur: Aydın
  • Yıldıray Şahinler: Hafız
  • Sarp Akkaya: Nail
  • Deniz Celiloğlu: Faruk
  • Ferit Kaya: Ali
  • Serhan Onat: Selim
  • Emre Yetim: Ayna
  • Gülçin Kültür Şahin: Hatice
  • Cankat Aydos: Fugitive Soldier
  • Doğukan Polat: Tevfik
  • Hayal Köseoğlu: 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]

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References

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