Name: Roby Ahricka T.

Rodrin
Subject: NURS 70B
Date: July 1, 2019
Title: Miracle in Cell No.7

Summary:

The Korean movie Miracle in Cell No.7 is about an intellectually

impaired father – Lee Yong-Gu who was imprisoned and sentenced to death

because of allegedly raping and murdering the daughter of the Police

Commissioner. The story started and ended in a mock trial wherein Lee Ye-

Sung – Yong-Gu’s daughter, retrying her father’s case where she was able to

convince the judge that her father was innocent and that what happened was

purely an accident.

Reaction:

I believe that this film is reflective of the situation in the Philippines,

where cultural, racial, even sexual minorities are oppressed and abused.

Likewise, those who have mental or physical disabilities are most of the time

not given equal opportunities and chances like those who are “normal.”

Like what has been told by the film, injustice and impunity is also very

rampant in the country. Criminals sit on high positions in the government, or

their comfortable and cozy homes, glorified by more corrupt officials sitting

lower than them. Due to the faulty justice system, those who are guilty freely

roams in the streets, some even living luxurious and flamboyant lives, while

the poor, no matter how small their involvements are to the crime, or even

uninvolved but was unfortunately in the crime scene, serve life sentences for

stealing a loaf of bread. Meanwhile capitalists who continue to rape our

minds, our country’s natural resources, and our labor, are seen only as

successful businessmen – helping boost our economy. One is because they

have connections, two is that they can pay – they can pay good lawyers, they

can bail, and they can pay the judge or the police or anyone who acts in the

service of justice. Justice for the rich. The great divide is really great after all.

The most powerful message that I got from this movie is that it’s never

too late. If you have the most noble intentions, the wrongs of the past can be

corrected today, or like Yesung, as soon as you are in the position you have

worked your ass off your whole life to defend the underdog. I believe that our

country still faces a fortunate future, if the government is put into the right

hands, or the leftists win. We cannot just give up, right? No one will express

true love to a country than those who understand its roots and are willing to

shed blood for its future. Ironically, the enemies are the same people who call

themselves our leaders.

I won’t stop thinking about the future that our country faces. A few

years from now, I will be one of the core citizens of this country, and I will not

waste my opportunity and my voice to create the change that our fellowmen

deserves, and to make them understand that they are the ones that these

activists are fighting for, no matter how the media brands us. I look forward to

the miracle that this country will undergo, and I hope it won’t take long for the

miracle to be realized.