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The Handmaid's Tale

directed by Volker Schlöndorff

A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

19901h 48m★ 6.1
DramaScience Fiction
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In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

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cast

Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson

Kate

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Serena Joy

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Nick

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Moira

Victoria Tennant

Victoria Tennant

Aunt Lydia

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Commander

Blanche Baker

Blanche Baker

Ofglen

Traci Lind

Traci Lind

Ofwarren / Janine

details

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Language

EN

Budget

$13M

Box Office

$5M

based on a book

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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Atwood (1985)

The Hulu TV series (2017–) is the definitive adaptation — Atwood's novel is more compressed and ambiguous about what Gilead's end looks like

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