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The Grass Is Singing (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 105 mins · English
- Directed by
- Michael Raeburn
- Starring
- John Kani, Karen Black, Patrick Mynhardt, John Moulder-Brown, Björn Gedda, Jan Nygren
In 1940s Southern Rhodesia, city‑born Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is uprooted from her cosmopolitan life to live on his struggling farm. Isolated and increasingly unstable, she begins a clandestine affair with her black servant Moses. When the relationship is uncovered, Mary orders Moses to leave; he returns and kills her, underscoring the brutality of a merciless colonial setting.
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