The Grass Is Singing
A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
1981 1 hour 45 minutesA marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
1981 1 hour 45 minutes
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.
30th August 1981
44 years ago
1 hour 45 minutes
Finishes at 2:42pm
1 win
5.1/10
38%
45%
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