Higher Ground
Directed by: Vera Farmiga
Written by: Carolyn S. Briggs and Tim Metcalfe (screenplay), Carolyn S. Briggs (novel)
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes and Taissa Farmiga
Vera Farmiga often has such a calming presence on a movie, which makes those times when emotions pour out of her all the more affecting. In Higher Ground, she brings that talent not only as the movie’s star but as its director. It is the story of the devout Christian woman Corinne and her lifelong grappling with faith.
Adapted by Carolyn S. Briggs and Tim Metcalfe from Briggs’ book This Dark World, Higher Ground transcends preaching to either side of the issue because nobody involved in its construction is laying judgment. Corinne may be seen as a rebel by her congregation when she asks probing questions about the teachings of the Bible, but to an outsider in the audience they seem perfectly fine.
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