Movie

The Grass Is Singing

1981 · 105 min

A slow, suffocating descent into isolation and madness, steeped in colonial tension and unrelenting bleakness.

Tagline: A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, madness, colonialism, betrayal
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
madness
colonialism
betrayal
death
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild