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May 3, 2018 · 55 Steps: Directed by Bille August. With Hilary Swank, Helena Bonham Carter, Johan Heldenbergh, Cynthia Hoppenfeld. When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on an uphill legal battle to improve treatment for mental patients in hospitals, she is ...
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- Biography, Drama
- Bille August
- 2018-05-03
55 Steps. 55 Steps is a 2017 German-Belgian drama film directed by Bille August and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank, and Jeffrey Tambor. The film is based on the true story of Eleanor Riese.
- Mark Bruce Rosin
- Annette Focks
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 ...
In this heartfelt tale told with humor and emotion, Colette takes on the uphill battle of representing Eleanor against the psychiatric establishment while the spirited Eleanor makes it her mission to mentor Colette whether Colette likes it or not!The film features an award-winning cast including Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech, Alice ...
Nov 27, 2018 · Helena Bonham Carter, left, and Hilary Swank as real-life patient Eleanor Riese and her lawyer, Colette Hughes, who won a landmark case for mental patients’ rights in the 1980s.
Mar 19, 2019 · When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on an uphill legal battle to improve treatment for mental patients in hospitals, she is meeting a woman who will make it her mission to transform Colette's workaholic life.
Summary. 55 Steps. When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of St. Mary's Hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on Eleanor's uphill legal battle to improve treatment for mental patients in hospitals, Eleanor will make it her mission to transform the life of the work-obsessed Colette.
