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The Grass Is Singing
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The Grass Is Singing

1981
Directed byMichael Raeburn
1h 45m

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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Karen BlackMary TurnerJohn ThawDick Turner
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Patrick MynhardtCharlie Muller
John Moulder-BrownTony Marston
Margaret HealeEllen Muller
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Vincent MijoniBoss' Boy
Ivy MiyandaMoses' Wife
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
3.8

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