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Higher Ground
Directed by
Vera Farmiga
Produced by Claude Dal Farra, Renn Hawkey, Carly Hugo, Matthew Parker, and Jon Rubinstein
Screenplay by Carolyn Briggs and Tim Metcalfe Based on the memoir This Dark World by Carolyn Briggs
Produced by Claude Dal Farra, Renn Hawkey, Carly Hugo, Matthew Parker, and Jon Rubinstein
Screenplay by Carolyn Briggs and Tim Metcalfe Based on the memoir This Dark World by Carolyn Briggs
With:
Vera Farmiga, Donna Murphy, John Hawkes, Nina Arianda, Dagmara Dominczyk, Norbert Leo Butz, Bill Irwin, Joshua Leonard, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Cinematography:
Michael McDonough
Editing: Colleen Sharp
Music: Alec Puro
Editing: Colleen Sharp
Music: Alec Puro
Runtime:
109 min
Release Date: 01 March 2012
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 01 March 2012
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Actress Vera Farmiga’s (The Departed, Up In The Air) directorial début is a thoughtful and unbiased look at faith and religion in America. The film is never condescending or simpleminded and it does a good job conveying the appeal and strength of faith-based communities. The story explores the struggle with doubt that all intelligent people who believe must face at some point. The movie succeeds because it is less a detached exploration of religion and more an involving character study about the quest for the meaning of life.