The Grass Is Singing

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

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Drama

Overview

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.

Keywords

africa
marriage crisis
rural area
colonialism
rhodesia

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 30, 1981
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english
Countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia
Production: Svenska Filminstitutet,Mark Forstater Productions Ltd.,Chibote Limited,Mark Forstater Productions,Chibote Limited, Mark Forstater Productions, Svenska Filminstitutet
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0084033