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55 Steps
The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they're in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.
2018 · Directed by Bille August · 115 min · Drama · 15 frames
Tagline
Justice is won step by step.
Crew
- Written by: Mark Rosin
- Edited by: Hansjörg Weißbrich
- Music: Frans Bak
- Production design: Merijn Sep
- Produced by: Lesley Neary, Anita Elsani, Sara Risher, Mark Rosin
Cast
- Helena Bonham Carter as Eleanor Riese
- Hilary Swank as Colette Hughes
- Jeffrey Tambor as Mort Cohen
- Johan Heldenbergh as Robert
- Michael Culkin as Judge Farelly
- Tim Plester as Robbie
- Jonathan Kerrigan as Dr. Bardy
- Vincent Riotta as James Adams
- Anneika Rose as Margie
- Richard Riddell as Arno
Production
- Country: Belgium, United States of America, Germany
- Language: English
- Studios: Elsani Film, Potemkino Port, MMC Movies, Mass Hysteria Entertainment
- Themes: biography, based on true story, lawyer, mental patient, legal battle, unlikely friendship
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