Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. "The staircase" is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.“采用这种方式来拜会公主殿下，实在是迫不得已，因为目前沁兰之月王国与神圣晴空帝国之间的关系有些紧张，而我的身份又比较特殊，走官方途径的话需要花费很长的时间，所以只能采用这种方式了，伤害到了这位先生，我愿意做出补偿。”
