Drama · Sweden · 1981 · 1h 45m

The Grass Is Singing

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Director
Michael Raeburn
Cast
Karen Black as Mary Turner John Thaw as Dick Turner John Kani as Moses Patrick Mynhardt as Charlie Muller John Moulder-Brown as Tony Marston Margaret Heale as Ellen Muller
Crew
Bille August — Director of Photography Thomas Schwalm — Editor Michael Raeburn — Screenplay Doris Lessing — Novel Mark Forstater — Producer Disley Jones — Production Design
Tagline

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
marriage crisisafricarural areacolonialismrhodesia
Key Collaborators
Michael Raeburn Director Bille August Director of Photography Thomas Schwalm Editor Michael Raeburn Screenplay Doris Lessing Novel Mark Forstater Producer Disley Jones Production Design Julie Atkinson Costume Design Beverly Lanyon Costume Design Lenamari Wallström Costume Design
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