The Grass Is Singing

4.2 / 10

(4 votes)

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.

Country:

Sweden,

United Kingdom,

Zambia

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

105 minutes

Year:

1981

Director:

Michael Raeburn

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Company:

Chibote Limited,

Mark Forstater Productions Ltd.,

Svenska Filminstitutet

Cast:
Karen Black

Mary Turner

John Thaw

Dick Turner

John Kani

Moses

Patrick Mynhardt

Charlie Muller

John Moulder-Brown

Tony Marston

Crew:
Bille August

Director of Photography

Michael Raeburn

Director

Michael Raeburn

Screenplay

Doris Lessing

Novel

Mark Forstater

Producer