Miracle in Cell No. 7

Miracle in Cell No. 7 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. It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot In 2004, Ova, an upcoming bride, becomes emotional as news comes out that capital punishment in Turkey has been abolished. The story then moves to a flashback to a village in 1983. A mentally impaired father, Mehmet "Memo" Koyuncu, lives with his young daughter, Ova, and his mother Fatma on a hillside. On a visit to town, he figures in a slight altercation with the daughter of a local military officer over a bag that Ova also wants. Later, while wandering in the hills, Memo meets the officer's daughter, who offers the bag if he could catch her. However, the girl accidentally dies after falling off a cliff, and Memo's attempts to save her are misunderstood to be an act of murder and he is sent to prison but not before he tells Ova that he saw a witness to what really happened. In prison, he is speedily convicted of murder and sentenced to death, and is beaten up by fellow inmates who are unaware of the true circumstances of his case. Despite his harrowing experience, Memo saves Askorozlu, the leader of his cell from being killed by another inmate and befriends the rest of his cellmates. Sometime afterwards, Ova sneaks out of their house and leaves a note to her grandmother stating her intent to go to her father, which leads to Fatma dying of a heart attack upon reading it. Ova is to smuggled into the prison by Askorozlu’s accomplices and is reunited with her father. She also befriends the inmates and after she is discovered, the wardens such that they fully realize that Memo is innocent. Ova tells Memo and his cellmates that she found a deserter who witnessed Memo's alleged crime, who confirms that it was an accident and that Memo was innocent. Upon hearing this, the inmates then ask the Chief Warden, Nail, and his aide, Faruk, to investigate. They find the deserter, only for him to be killed by the dead girl's father to ensure Memo is executed.