Amish: A Secret Life

Amish: A Secret Life

2012
1h 0m
6.4

6.4/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

Miriam and Dave Lapp are a charming young couple with a brood of adorable children. Dave works in and part owns a construction company. They are also members of the 'Old Order' Amish community in Pennsylvania,whose church forbids all technology - though Dave gets lifts to work in a car and the couple,by allowing themselves to be filmed,risk the wrath of church elders. Having outlined their traditional life-style to camera Miriam persuades several friends to be happily filmed and it becomes clear that the Lapps and other,younger Amish,believe that,having been rebaptized to allow a more open evangelical approach - risking excommunication thereby - they feel the need for a change in the community. The film ends as the family consolidates its dream to own their own farm.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
BBC Cymru Wales
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English French

Quick Facts

Release Date August 2, 2012
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt2300710

Cast

Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Duncan

Narrator (voice)

David Lapp
David Lapp

Himself

Miriam Lapp
Miriam Lapp

Herself

Key Crew

Lynn Alleway
Producer
Tim Green
Executive Producer
Lynn Alleway
Director

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