Higher Ground (2011)

Directed by

Vera Farmiga

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles with her faith and her place within a Christian community over the years. The film follows her changing relationship with religion as she tries to reconcile her beliefs with her doubts.

introspectivemeditativeemotionalrestrainedcontemplativepersonalsincerequietly intense

What happens

Higher Ground is a 2011 American drama film directed by Vera Farmiga in her directorial debut. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 memoir This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs, who co-wrote the screenplay. The film follows Corinne Walker (Farmiga) and her vacillating relationship with Christianity. The cast also includes Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, Norbert Leo Butz, and Bill Irwin. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2011, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 25, 2011, and received a limited release in the United States on August 26, 2011, by Sony Pictures Classics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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