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Helena Bonham Carter as Eleanor Riese. Hilary Swank as Colette Hughes. Jeffrey Tambor as Mort Cohen. Tim Plester as Robbie. Michael Culkin as Judge Farelly. Jonathan Kerrigan as Dr. Bardy. Release. The film had its world premiere in the Gala Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. [6] .
Based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese (Carter), 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 (Swank), the lawyer appointed to her case.
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Sep 7, 2017 · Many a film has treated mental illness as some kind of sage state, and 55 Steps is no different in the way Eleanor acts as a cut-loose-and-live! guru to Colette. A clothes-shopping trip becomes an ...
Sep 15, 2017 · But it does have one too many relationships and characters. Richard Gere plays Dr. Alan Stone, the first health professional to experiment with the therapeutic treatments of schizophrenic patients. He puts three schizophrenic patients—played by Peter Dinklage , Walton Goggins , and Bradley Whitford —who all believe they are Jesus Christ ...
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Sep 9, 2017 · Toronto Film Review: ‘55 Steps’. Hilary Swank and Helena Bonham Carter star in a tale of patients' rights advocacy from the 1980s. Sometimes the labyrinthine paths of movie deal making offer ...
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Mar 1, 2018 · Mark Rosin. Writer. 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.
