The Gift of Room 7 is a comedy film directed by Lee Hwan Kyung and starring Yoo Seung-yong, Ge Su-won, Jung Jin-yong, park Shin-hye and others. Adapted from a true case.
The film tells the story between Li Longjiu, who has been unjustly imprisoned, and his daughter, who has worked tirelessly to wash away her father's grievances. The film was released in South Korea on January 23, 2013. And became the number one korean film box office in 2013.
In 1997, Li Longjiu (Liu Chenglong), a mentally handicapped man with only a 6-year-old child's IQ, and his lovely daughter Yisheng (Ge Suyuan) are dependent on each other, and although life is simple and poor, it is full of happiness.
One day, Long Jiu, who was obsessed with buying a school bag for his daughter, went out and saw a comatose little girl on the side of the road. Who knew that this child died of an accident because the road was frozen and slippery.
In order to save the child, Long Jiu gave him chest compressions and other rescue measures, but it was because of this action that he was mistaken for sexually assaulting the little girl and killed the girl. Arrested as a criminal.
The deceased turned out to be the daughter of the police chief. Long Jiu was ignorant and confused about the situation, and he was thrown into prison in a daze.
In Cell 7, there are five poisonous "social scums" such as smuggler Su Yanghao, fraudster Cui Chunhao, adulterer Jiang Wanfan, intimidator Lao Xu and robber Shen Fengzhi. Long Jiu's childlike pure heart gradually touched these "big bad guys", and they even risked taking YiSheng to the cell to meet their father. Inside the dark, cold cell, Cell 7 was full of sunshine.
Long Jiu's daughter, who lives with Long Jiu, is sent to an orphanage after Long Jiu is captured, waiting for her father to come and take her home. Later, with the help of Long Jiu's prison friends, he was taken into the cell to meet Long Jiu. The lively and intelligent Yisheng was liked by the inmates, and at the same time brought a joyful atmosphere to life in Room 7.
Director Lee Hwan Kyung and actors such as Yoo Seung-yong, Park Shin-hye, Oh Dae-so, park Won-sang and other actors worked together to create a funny, warm and touching story. The film also confronts the realistic question of whether mentally handicapped fathers can raise their daughters, showing the obstacles they encounter, which makes people cry.
In the movie, the lead actor Liu Chenglong must not only play the simplicity of his father who suffers from intellectual disability and only has a 6-year-old IQ, but also show a deep side of his daughter's father's love, and his acting skills are amazing.