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The Grass Is Singing (1981)

Directed by Michael Raeburn

Overview

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.

Length 105 minutes

Actors

Karen Black | John Moulder-Brown | John Kani | Patrick Mynhardt | John Thaw | Björn Gedda | Jan Nygren | Margaret Heale | Vincent Mijoni | Ivy Miyanda | Reg Cornish | Gailos Shiyamba | Kennedy Mungomba | Martyn Hitchins | Wesley Kaonga | Jesse Martin