Higher Ground (film)
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| Directed by | Vera Farmiga |
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This Dark World by Carolyn S. Briggs |
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| Music by | Alec Puro |
| Cinematography | Michael McDonough |
| Edited by | Colleen Sharp |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.8 million |
| Box office | $844,330 |
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 then 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.
In the early Sixties, Corinne Walker is a young girl who is skeptical about God. After the stillbirth of her brother, her parents' marriage disintegrates over the course of several years. As a teenager (Taissa Farmiga), she meets Ethan Miller (Boyd Holbrook), a budding musician in local rock band The Renegades. They get married after Corinne becomes pregnant and has their daughter Abigail. While touring with Ethan's band, their bus crashes into a river. Ethan rushes to save Abby, and Corinne pleads with God to save her. Abby is pulled out of the bus before it sinks into the water, and Ethan believes that God wanted them to live. Ethan and Corinne grow more and more interested in Jesus, eventually giving themselves over to a radical New Testament church.
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