“Higher Ground” is the picture in question, and it went before the cameras May 30 on a farm owned by the film’s director and star, Vera Farmiga, an Oscar contender recently for “Up in the Air.” Murphy plays the mother of Farmiga and Nina Arianda.
Written by Carolyn Briggs and Tim Metcalfe, the movie also features Dagmara Dominczyk, John Hawkes, Joshua Leonard, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Boyd Holbrook.
— Harry Haun