Movie
Higher Ground
Overview
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-08-26
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Vera Farmiga as Corinne Walker
- Donna Murphy as Kathleen Walker
- Dagmara Dominczyk as Annika
- John Hawkes as CW Walker
- Joshua Leonard as Ethan Miller
- Nina Arianda as Wendy Walker
- Taissa Farmiga as Teenage Corinne Walker
- Taylor Schwencke as Young Wendy Walker
- Boyd Holbrook as Teenage Ethan Miller
- Norbert Leo Butz as Pastor Bill
- Bill Irwin as Pastor Bud
- Michael Chernus as Ned
Crew
- Vera Farmiga - Director
- Tim Metcalfe - Screenplay
- Carolyn S. Briggs - Screenplay
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