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55 Steps

2017 · 115 min · Director: Bille August ★ IMDb 7 · 4,133 ratings

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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.

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Emotional fingerprint

55 Steps (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Inspiration 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Inspiration, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Inspiration and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Sadness
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy75 %72 %48 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Empathy63 %60 %34 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Empathy58 %55 %29 %40 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Empathy58 %55 %31 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Empathy51 %48 %26 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Empathy50 %45 %23 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Empathy57 %54 %30 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Empathy61 %59 %36 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Hope61 %56 %34 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Empathy69 %63 %44 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Empathy71 %69 %51 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Empathy69 %59 %37 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Joy69 %44 %21 %54 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Hope68 %46 %29 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Sadness74 %65 %55 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Empathy80 %73 %56 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Joy80 %71 %46 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Empathy81 %76 %57 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Empathy70 %65 %56 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Hope48 %40 %37 %37 %
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Jeffrey Tambor

Mort Cohen

Michael Culkin

Judge Farelly

TP
Tim Plester

Robbie

JK
Jonathan Kerrigan

Dr. Bardy

Vincent Riotta

James Adams

AR
Anneika Rose

Margie

RR
Richard Riddell

Arno

A
AnnaCorey

Tiff - Jogger

RL
Richard Laing

Ben Clandon

TA
Tim Ahern

Radio Host

FB
Florence Bell

Karen Winkle

AF
Angelique Fernandez

Friendly Nurse

PS
Patrick Simons

Lawyer in Court

SW
Steve Warky Nunez

Pedestrian

LR
Liza Ross

Matron

PW
Priscilla Wittman

Serious Nurse

KR
Kathleen Renish

Female Attendant

Details

Directed by
Bille August
Written by
Mark Bruce Rosin, Mark Rosin
Type
Movies
Released
2017
Runtime
115 min
Country
Germany, Belgium
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 4,133 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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