The Staircase (2022)

Directed by

Leigh Janiak, António Campos

Genre

drama television series, true crime

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 275 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is accused of murdering his wife after she is found dead at the bottom of the stairs in their home. The series follows the investigation, trial, and the effect on his family.

tensemelancholicmethodicalsuspensefulgloomythought-provokingslow-burnclaustrophobic

What happens

The Staircase is an American biographical crime drama television miniseries created by Antonio Campos, based on the 2004 true crime French docuseries of the same name created by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The series stars Colin Firth as Michael Peterson, a writer convicted of murdering his wife Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette), who was found dead at the bottom of the staircase in their home. The series premiered on HBO Max on May 5, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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