The Grass Is Singing

Name: The Grass Is Singing
Director: Michael Raeburn
Genre: Drama
Released: 1981-08-30
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 4.667
Cast: Karen Black, John Thaw, John Kani, Patrick Mynhardt, John Moulder-Brown

“A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy”

1981

1h 45m

Drama

Director: Michael Raeburn

Writer: Michael Raeburn

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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.