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Criteria of the project
a. What are the titles?
b. How come it becomes your choice?
c. Do you recommend it?
d. Which characters enjoy you the most?

I am Sam (2001) vs. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
a. Heart-tugging relationship between father and daughter (because retarded father = conflict)
b. Reality + Cliche (compared to action and scientific movies)
c. Great family love: Love without feedback, especially family love. 
d. Self-sacrifice for the best of their children: Even a retarded father sacrifices himself  
    (共同撫養 vs 犧牲生命)
e. Mutual benefits (why isn't the daughter feeling ashamed to be his daughter?)
f. Constancy, patient, listening are the three criteria build life together. This is also why he 
    thinks  he could become a good father, a perfect father. 



I am Sam (website)
"A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold hearted lawyer the value of love and family." - IMDb



Miracle in Cell No. 7 (website)
"A story about love between a mentally ill father and his lovingly adorable daughter. Which is her father, accused of murder and rape." - IMDb


 

Agoraphobia: An anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer
                       perceives certain environments as dangerous or uncomfortable.
Claustrophobic: The fear of having no escape and being in closed or small spaces or rooms. 

How do you make compliments? 
a. Absolutely
b. Precisely
c. Definitely