The Grass Is Singing (1981)
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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Cast
- Karen Black — Mary Turner
- John Thaw — Dick Turner
- John Kani — Moses
- Patrick Mynhardt — Charlie Muller
- John Moulder-Brown — Tony Marston
- Margaret Heale — Ellen Muller
- Björn Gedda — Sgt. Denham
- Jan Nygren — Doctor
- Vincent Mijoni — Boss' Boy
- Ivy Miyanda — Moses' Wife
- Reg Cornish — Mary's Boss
- Gailos Shiyamba — Samson
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