The Grass Is Singing 1981

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

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Drama

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.

Release Date 1981-08-30
Runtime 1h 45m
Directors Michael Raeburn, Bille August
Producers Mark Forstater, Catharina Stackelberg
Writers Michael Raeburn, Doris Lessing