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The Grass Is Singing

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

4.7(6)19811h 45m1

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • marriage crisis
  • africa
  • rural area
  • colonialism
  • rhodesia

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Produced in

Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia

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Availability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical5 Oct 1984
  • AustraliaAU

    • PhysicalM35MM1 Jan 1982
    • Theatrical2 Sept 1982
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereTIFF18 Sept 1981
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical118 Sept 1982
  • ZambiaZM

    • Theatrical30 Aug 1981

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The Grass Is Singing was released on 30 August 1981.

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