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The Grass Is Singing

The Grass Is Singing

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 30, 1981

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama

User Score

42%

Original Title

The Grass Is Singing

Production Companies

Chibote Limited, Mark Forstater Productions, Svenska Filminstitutet

Director

Michael Raeburn

Description

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.