Miracle in Cell No. 7

Miracle in Cell No. 7 is a Turkish drama about Memo, a man with an intellectual disability, and his young daughter Ova. In a small Aegean village in the early 1980s, Memo works as a shepherd and raises Ova with his mother, largely untouched by the political turmoil going on elsewhere in the country. Their life is shattered when he is blamed for the death of a military officer's child. Arrested and imprisoned, he is separated from his daughter and must try to clear his name so he can return to her, while sharing a cell with inmates who first mistreat him and then come to believe he could not have committed such a crime.

The film is directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin, whose earlier feature was Howl in 2008. It was written by Özge Efendioğlu and Kubilay Tat and produced by Saner Ayar, Sinan Turan and Hakan Karamahmutoğlu. Aras Bulut İynemli plays Memo, with Nisa Sofiya Aksongur as Ova. The supporting cast includes İlker Aksum, Mesut Akusta, Yıldıray Şahinler and Yurdaer Okur, among 26 credited performers.

Released in October 2019, the film runs 132 minutes. It has been widely seen and well received by viewers, holding an 8.2 rating on IMDb from around 62,000 votes and an 8.3 on TMDB from roughly 4,600 votes, against a worldwide box office of about 17 million dollars. Öztekin went on to direct Atatürk 1881 - 1919, its 2024 sequel and Mr Dread.