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As an actor, Vera Farmiga is known for deeply intelligent, emotionally complex performances in films like ‘Up in the Air,’](Up in the Air (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) ‘The Departed’](The Departed (2006) - Movie | Moviefone) and ‘Down to the Bone.’](Down to the Bone (2004) - Movie | Moviefone) In ‘Higher Ground,’ she uses her extraordinary talents to direct and star in a unique and bracingly honest narrative about one woman’s spiritual crisis.
Corinne Miller (Farmiga), her husband Ethan (Joshua Leonard) and their children are part of a small community of fundamentalist Christians, but her faith is wavering. Corinne’s search for meaning – or at least belonging – begins as a child in church camp when she raises her hand to be saved. As she gets older, religion takes a backseat to family problems and the long-haired rocker who soon becomes her husband. Corinne ends up pregnant and married to Ethan straight out of high school. She gives up her dreams of being a writer, and he gives up his dreams of being a rock star. Later, following a terrifying accident, they become deeply religious.