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67% Critic Match
55 Steps
“Justice is won step by step.”
6.7 / 10• 2018• 1h 55m•PG-13• German
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Helena Bonham Carter
Eleanor Riese
Lead
Hilary Swank
Colette Hughes
Jeffrey Tambor
Mort Cohen
Johan Heldenbergh
Robert
Michael Culkin
Judge Farelly
Tim Plester
Robbie
Jonathan Kerrigan
Dr. Bardy
Vincent Riotta
James Adams
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bille August's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. 55 Steps is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
