55 Steps

55 STEPS is the life-affirming true story of an unexpected friendship formed during a fight for patient rights against seemingly impossible odds. When Eleanor Riese (Helena Bonham Carter) discovers that the medication she is being given at St. Mary's Psychiatric Hospital in San Francisco is damaging her physically she hires lawyer Collete Hughes (Hilary Swank). With the help of expert attorney Mort Cohen (Jeffrey Tambor) the two try to defeat St. Mary's in court while the indefatigable Eleanor and Collette become friends.