55 Steps is the true story of Eleanor Riise (Helena Bonham Carter), a schizophrenic patient inside a mental ward who hired a lawyer (Hilary Swank) to help her negotiate her rights.
Hilary Swank, Helena Bonham Carter, and Jeffrey Tambor star in this fact-based drama about a mentally ill woman fighting the powerful psychiatric establishment for greater self-control, and the lawyer who becomes her champion and friend.
55 Steps is helmed by Danish director and Oscar winner Bille August, and will premiere at this year’s TIFF.
Mental hospitals have always been one of Hollywood’s go-to scary places.