The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.
In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Read the The Handmaid's Tale feature →- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $5M
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Natasha Richardson
Kate
Faye Dunaway
Serena Joy
Aidan Quinn
Nick
Elizabeth McGovern
Moira
Robert Duvall
Commander
Victoria Tennant
Aunt Lydia
Blanche Baker
Ofglen
Traci Lind
Ofwarren / Janine
Zoey Wilson
Aunt Helena
Kathryn Doby
Aunt Elizabeth
Reiner Schöne
Luke
Lucia Hartpeng
Cora
Keywords
Based on novel or bookDystopiaEscapeFutureRebellionTotalitarianismRapeSexismSlaveryMisogynyParanoiaCanadaImpregnationFeministIndependent filmReligious fundamentalismPolitical unrestSurrogate motherTheocracyBox office bomb
