The Grass Is Singing
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1981-08-30
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: Michael Raeburn
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Grass Is Singing
Production Companies: Chibote Limited, Mark Forstater Productions, Svenska Filminstitutet
Production Countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia
Cast
Karen Black
John Thaw
John Kani
Patrick Mynhardt
John Moulder-Brown
Margaret Heale
Björn Gedda
Jan Nygren
Vincent Mijoni
Ivy Miyanda
Reg Cornish
Gailos Shiyamba
Kennedy Mungomba
Martyn Hitchins
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