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The Handmaid's Tale

A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

1990 · R · 1h 48m

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

6.1

TMDB audience score
302 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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
    Kate

  • Faye Dunaway
    Serena Joy

  • Aidan Quinn
    Nick

  • Elizabeth McGovern
    Moira

  • Victoria Tennant
    Aunt Lydia

  • Robert Duvall
    Commander

  • Blanche Baker
    Ofglen

  • Traci Lind
    Ofwarren / Janine

  • Zoey Wilson
    Aunt Helena

  • Kathryn Doby
    Aunt Elizabeth

  • Reiner Schöne
    Luke

  • Lucia Hartpeng
    Cora

  • Karma Ibsen Riley
    Aunt Sara

  • Lucile McIntyre
    Rita

  • Gary Bullock
    Officer on Bus

  • Allison Holmes
    June

  • J. Michael Hunter
    Preacher

  • Robert D. Raiford
    Dick