Summary
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. A woman who learns that no matter how may times she loses her footing, she has within herself all that's necessary to get to a higher place.--Container.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Briggs, Carolyn S.,
-- 1955-
-- Film adaptations.
Briggs, Carolyn S., -- 1955- -- Drama. Women -- Religious life -- Drama. Self-esteem in women -- Religious aspects -- Drama. Religious films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Culver City, CA :Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,2012 |
| Edition | Widescreen presentation. |
| Other Titles | This dark world. |
| Contributors |
Briggs, Carolyn S.,
1955- This dark world.
Metcalfe, Tim, screenwriter. Dal Farra, Claude, producer. McDonough, Michael, 1967- director of photography. Sharp, Colleen, editor of moving image work. Butz, Norbert Leo, actor. Dominczyk, Dagmara, 1976- actor. Farmiga, Vera, actor, director. Leonard, Joshua, actor. Hawkes, John, 1959- actor. Irwin, Bill, 1950- actor. Moss-Bachrach, Ebon, actor. Murphy, Donna, actor. Puro, Alec, composer. Strategic Motion Ventures. BCDF Pictures. Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) Authentic Management Projects (Firm) Group Entertainment (Firm) Ruminant Films (Firm) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Norbert Leo Butz, Dagmara Dominczyk, Vera Farmiga, John Hawkes, Bill Irwin, Joshua Leonard, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Donna Murphy. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Michael McDonough; editor, Colleen Sharp; music composed and arranged by Alec Puro. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R, Restricted (for some language and sexual content) |
| Language |
English French In English; subtitles in English, English SDH, and French. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Notes |
Based on the memoir "This Dark World" by Carolyn S. Briggs. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Title from container. |
| System Details |
DVD; anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1; Dolby digital 5.1; region 1. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |