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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. Written by
Sony Pictures Classics
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Release Date:
1 March 2012 (New Zealand)
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Also Known As:
This Dark World
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Box Office
Budget:
$2,500,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$21,495,
28 August 2011, Limited Release
Gross USA:
$841,206, 1 January 2012
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Vera Farmiga has blue eyes. Taissa Farmiga, the younger sister of Vera who plays the younger version of her in the movie, has brown eyes.
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I Need Thee Every Hour
Written by Annie Sherwood Hawks and
Robert Lowry
Arranged by
Alec Puro
Performed by
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User Reviews
Congratulations to Ms. Farmiga on such an excellent debut as a director.
As a completely involved in church evangelical Christian, it was exciting to see major elements of my lifestyle portrayed accurately on screen for a change. This film takes a kind and thoughtful middle road, not portraying the Christian life at extremes as it so often is- both negatively in many mainstream films and over the top positive in Christian films.
I wish I could send an email to all my church friends telling them to go see this film. But, as the film intimates, there are social and cultural taboos present within Christian churches. Some of the dialog and a few of the images would be so offensive to a small minority of my Christian friends that I would not dare to broadcast a recommendation but rather discreetly recommend it to those who would not be offended.
And a sizable segment of the really committed Christian population does not attend (at least in public) any R rated movie. This movie looks like it could have easily been brought to the screen as a PG-13 and reached a much wider audience.
And I hope this can reach as wide an audience as possible both for its portrayal of the Christian lifestyle and so we get to see more films from Vera Farmiga.