The Grass Is Singing
1981 · 105 min · Drama
A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
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.
- Director
- Michael Raeburn
- Writers
- Doris Lessing, Michael Raeburn
- Released
- August 30, 1981
- Language
- English
Cast
Where to watch in the US
Free
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