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The Grass Is Singing

The Grass Is Singing

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
Aug 30, 1981 1h 45m
4.2
4 votes

Synopsis

In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.

Title The Grass Is Singing
Companies Chibote Limited, Mark Forstater Productions, Svenska Filminstitutet
Countries Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia
Keywords marriage crisis, africa, rural area, colonialism, rhodesia