55 Steps
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- Cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Johan Heldenbergh, Cynthia Hoppenfeld, Hilary Swank, and Jeffrey Tambor.
Eleanor Riese (played by Helena Bonham Carter), involuntarily placed in a mental health facility and medicated against her wishes, gets the legal help of Colette Hughes (played by Hilary Swank) to bring a class-action suit to establish a patient's right to consent to treatment, and the case eventually reaches a California Court of Appeals in 1987. - Director
- August, Bille
- Writer
- Rosin, Mark Bruce
- Producer
- Elsani, Anita; Neary, Lesley; Risher, Sara; Rosin, Mark Bruce; Shearing, Laurie
- Cinematographer
- Zumbrunn, Filip
- Editor
- Weissbrich, Hansjörg
- Production Team
- Vertical Entertainment, Elsani Film, Potemkino Port, MMC Movies Köln, Mass Hysteria, Aloe Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Genre
- Feature Film
Drama - Source
- Based on real-life events
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (114 min.), 1 Blu-ray disc (114 min.), or 1 streaming video (114 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Production Notes
- Alternate title: Eleanor and Colette.
- Original Release Date
- 2017
- Updated
- 07-07-2023
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