Killing Heat (1981)

Original title

The Grass Is Singing

Directed by

Michael Raeburn

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

M

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A white woman living on a farm in colonial Africa struggles with the harsh environment and her own isolation. Her relationships with her husband and their Black servants become increasingly strained.

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What happens

Killing Heat (released in Sweden as Gräset sjunger) is a 1981 film based on Doris Lessing's 1950 novel The Grass Is Singing. It stars Karen Black and John Thaw and was filmed in Zambia and Sweden. The film was released in Zimbabwe as The Grass is Singing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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