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55 Steps

2018 · 115 min

A sincere, quietly stirring courtroom drama anchored by two strong performances, moving steadily toward a hard-won sense of dignity.

Directed by
Bille August
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Justice is won step by step.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Bille August
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • friendship
  • identity
  • power
  • healing
Places
  • hospital
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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