Higher Ground
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, is a coming-of-age drama in which Farmiga delivers a subtle, nuanced performance completely from the gut, with equally strong and compelling supporting characters. Set against the backdrop of the Sixties, when feminism reached its zenith, the film expertly depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community. Inspired by the resonant memoir from Carolyn Briggs (who also wrote the screenplay) the film is an exquisite study of one woman's internal struggle with the primary love relationships in her life. John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, Bill Irwin, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Joshua Leonard round out the cast, along with Farmiga's younger sister Taissa, who proves herself to be an extraordinary new talent as Young Corinne. (Source)
A tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. (Source)
Actress Vera Farmiga makes her feature directorial debut with adaptation of Carolyn S. Briggs' autobiography This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost. Haunted by a low sense of self worthy ever since her childhood in the 1960s, Corrine finds her happy family falling apart by the time she reaches high school, and seeks comfort in the arms of talented young guitarist Ethan. Later compelled to join a tight-knit, fundamentalist community that offers both security and spiritual nourishment, Corrine and Ethan discover a sense of peace that ultimately proves short-lived once the more conservative tenets of the congregation start to take priority. Her illusions of the ideal, faith-based community shattered, Corrine begins to question her entire belief system as her life begins to unravel once again. Joshua Leonard and John Hawkes co-star. - Jason Buchanan, Rovi (Source)
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