The Staircase (2004)
- Original title
- Soupçons
- Directed by
- Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 201 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A French documentary crew films the trial of Michael Peterson, a man accused of murdering his wife after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase. The series follows the defense team and Peterson's family as the legal process unfolds.
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What happens
The Staircase (French: Soupçons, lit. 'Suspicions'; also known as Death on the Staircase) is a 2004 French-produced, English-language documentary television miniseries directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade about the trial of Michael Peterson, who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his wife, Kathleen Peterson. De Lestrade had won an Oscar for his recent Murder on a Sunday Morning documentary. Attracted to issues in the Peterson case, he arranged to begin filming soon after the indictment. Camera crews were given access to the accused's extended family, the defense attorneys, and the courtroom. An abbreviated version was broadcast as a special two-hour presentation of American news show Primetime Thursday on July 22, 2004. The miniseries was completed in September 2004, and premiered in October on Canal+, from January 10–14, 2005, on BBC Four (as part of its Storyville documentary series), and from April 4–25 on Sundance Channel. Lestrade returned to film Peterson and his family in 2012–2013, covering developments in the case that were released as a two-hour sequel. Three new episodes with further updates were later made for Netflix, and in 2018, the streaming channel added all 13 episodes to its catalog, making it available as one series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Paolo (2026)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.