55 Steps

2018 · 1h55 · Film

Directed by Bille August

Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Tambor, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael Culkin, Tim Plester, Jonathan Kerrigan, Vincent Riotta, Anneika Rose, Richard Riddell

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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.

Original language

German

Screenplay

Mark Rosin

Music

Frans Bak

Cast

Johan Heldenbergh, Michael Culkin, Tim Plester, Jonathan Kerrigan, Vincent Riotta, Anneika Rose, Richard Riddell, AnnaCorey, Richard Laing

Updated July 22, 2026

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