A Movie Analysis of Miracle in Cell No

A Movie Analysis of
Miracle in Cell no. 7

Activity 4
Family Structure and Legacy
A. Synopsis of the Movie
This is an impressive comedy and family melodrama about a man who is mentally
retarded. Imprisoned for murder, he became friendly with the criminals in room 7, and
they help him see his daughter again by sneaking her in. Yong-gu is a mentally
challenged man with the intelligence of a 6-year-old, which is actually the age of his own
daughter Ye-sung who is much smarter than her peers. They are enjoying a happy life
while Yong-gu works in a parking lot at a supermarket. However, one day, when the
police commissioner's daughter gets into an accident, Yong-gu is the one who watch and
tries to help her. He is accused of sexual assault. Because when he was trying to do
artificial respiration, someone illusion that he was trying tiss her and sexual assault.
However, Yong-gu couldn’t refute the claim because he is not able to speak
well. Fortunately, Yong-Gu is able to see his daughter in the concert for prisoners from
the childcare institution. So, he brings her into jail. However, a few minutes later, she
discovers her and they take her back to childcare. In fact, the head of prison knows that
Yong-Gu was not the assailant but he couldn’t tell anything in front of the power of the
police commissioner. Fortunately, the people who are in the jail helped out Yong-Gu so
that he can win the case in a trial. On the trial day, before he goes into court, the police
commissioner calls him, then beats him up and says “if you are found innocent, your
daughter will die”. After that Yong-Gu lies that he killed the police commissioner’s
daughter. Eventually, he is sentenced to death. People decide to help Yong-Gu and Ye-
sung’s family. The prisoners make a hot air-balloon and let them in there. They tried to
fly out, but the hot air-balloon’s rope got hanged to the jail’s barbed-wire fence. Finally,
the day was December 23th, which is Yong-Gu’s electrocution and her daughter Ye-
sung's birthday. Ye-sung wants congratulations from her father, so Jin-Young helps to
see his father before he gets electrocution. The room 7 people group up and wish happy
birthday to Ye-sung. But soon, the executor calls Yong-Gu. Yong-Gu and Ye-sung
started to cry and hugged each other. Unfortunately, Yong-Gu was falsely accused and
left to heaven. Jin-Young adopted Yong-Gu’s daughter and Ye-Sung became an adult.
Then Ye-Sung is trying to clear her father of false accusation. She became a judicial
apprentice and re imprim for his father. Finally, she got a sentence of innocence. After
that, when she walked out, she saw a balloon that hanged to fence and cast back.
B. Who are the characters and what do they represent in relation to your own family?
The characters in the story are:
1. Yong-gu - is a mentally challenged man with the intelligence of a 6-year-old, Yong-
gu represents my great father who will do anything to make his children happy and
satisfied with their needs. In the midst of hardship he continues to do his best to make
a living and sustain his family.
2. Ye-sung – a very jolly and smart kid who wanted to be with his father no matter
what. She loves her father despite of his illness. She represents me as a child that
cares for my father and accepts what he can do and appreciates every effort that he
will make.
C. What does the care each member gives and help in understanding yourself?
Family has a big impact in some ones development. Aside from the hereditary
traits that we inherit from our parents that affects who we are, it is also very important on
how they give us the environment to learn every different aspects of our human
personalities. Our emotional concerns, spiritual enlightenment, social relations, physical
wellness, and mental capacities are being develop through the help of each and every part
of the family. They have guided us in becoming who we are right now. Like in the movie,
the child was able to handle life normally because of the people who surrounds her. Her
father despite of the illness and situation (in prison) was able to develop her to become a
good child. Also through the help of Jin-Young, the head of the prison, Ye-sung was able
to finish her education and proved the innocence of his father. A very rare image of how
a father care for her daughter and of how a daughter face realities of life with and without
her father.

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A Movie Analysis of

Miracle in Cell no. 7

Family Structure and Legacy

A. Synopsis of the Movie

The characters in the story are:

1. Yong-gu - is a mentally challenged man with the intelligence of a 6-year-old, Yong-

a living and sustain his family.

personalities. Our emotional concerns, spiritual enlightenment, social relations, physical

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