The Grass Is Singing (1981)

3.8 | Aug 30, 1981 (AU) | Drama | 01:45

marriage crisis africa rural area colonialism rhodesia

A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy

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.