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The Grass Is Singing

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

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4.7
The Film

The Grass Is Singing

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

The Story

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.

Runtime

105 min

Released Aug 1981
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