The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

1990 · 108 min · EN · R · 6.1 (190 votes)
Dir. Volker Schlöndorff · Starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall · Music Ryuichi Sakamoto

A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

DramaScience Fiction

In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

VIBE

A chillingly bleak and oppressive vision of a theocratic dystopia. The film's suffocating atmosphere and palpable dread create a deeply unsettling experience, exploring themes of control and resistance.

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