Higher Ground

Higher Ground

★ 5.9IMDb Score
Released:2011-08-26
Duration:109 min
Director:Vera Farmiga
Actors:Vera Farmiga, Donna Murphy, Dagmara Dominczyk, John Hawkes, Joshua Leonard
Production:BCDF Pictures, Authentic Management Productions, The Group Entertainment, Ruminant Films, Sony Pictures Classics

Overview:

Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, a tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.

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