

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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- Language
- English
- marriage crisis
- africa
- rural area
- colonialism
- rhodesia
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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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