OlaMaxReel 01
Loading.
Framing.
Cueing.
Threading.
Projecting.
Loading.
Stand by · pulling the latest frames
The Grass Is Singing
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.
4.7
Score
6 votes
“A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy”
Available in US
Cast
Media
The Grass is Singing | Trailer | Available now
Killing Heat
Want the deep dive?
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
Further watching
- Aug 30, 1981
- 1h 45m
- English
- Michael Raeburn
- Doris Lessing, Michael Raeburn
- Released
- —
- —
Chibote LimitedMark Forstater Productions
