Higher Ground ,Given the strong marketing and support film critic, India must find a warm welcome home with a cousin of the public in the United States, even though internationally, the film is deeply rooted in America can be more difficult to sell.
Based on the memoir of this dark world of Carolyn S. Briggs and said that, episodically, the film begins in the 1950s, when Corinne Walker is a girl who wants to be saved by Jesus, and proceeds to chronicle the rise and fall of their faith. The prologue of all kinds is an old adolescents Corinne (Taiss Farmiga, Vera Farmiga's sister) mating with a budding rock star.
When a bus accident kills near his newborn daughter, she and her husband, Ethan turn to God, seeking answers. Immediately, however, their reading of the Bible creates so many doubts about the comfort. "It's damn," says Ethan, after reading a biblical passage particularly harsh.
The film then jumps up to the 1960s, when Corinne (Farmiga) and Ethan (Joshua Leonard) has joined a small Christian congregation hippie in the State of New York. With the praise of Jesus, the complications of the real world soon sets in, the men gather to understand how to please their wives ("stimulation of the clitoris is a part of God's plan," said one of the bands self-help.) The period must be considered in conjunction with the height of women's liberation. After all,
Given that the subject could easily fall into the harsh satire, Farmiga employs an approach that is a miracle, never condescending to the faithful of "believers", yet the sting of innocent pleasure in the process. In some fantastic physical comedy, Farmiga's character wants to feel that way "Spirit" and speaking in tongues to be your bathroom to give it a try, strutting and prayer as best I can but in vain.
Although these sequences might offend the audience most extreme evangelical and liberal spirit of Farmiga shines. As a director and actor, does not want to ridicule a believer, he just wants to question the protagonist's struggle for faith.
In his last act, Higher Ground becomes not only an exploration of the religion of a woman, but also, more simply, trying to be around.
As an actor, Farmiga infuses the character with dignity and depth of the conflict. As a director, his attention is performance, but the technical credits are applied correctly. Special mention goes to Christian women's costumes, oversized floral print dress by itself provide a good dose of fun.
