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.
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Three mysterious figures emerge from the Mojave Desert and make their way to Los Angeles, leaving a trail of bodies in their path. To thwart their plans for global genocide, a mysteriously old-fashioned Army intelligence officer will need to team up with a hardscrabble LAPD detective who, having just freshly broken up with her philandering fiancé, is about to discover that knowing who to trust can be the difference between life and death.
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