The handmaid's tale

1990
The handmaid's tale
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Title: The handmaid's tale

Original Title: The handmaid's tale

Year: 1990

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: November 02 1990
  • United States: March 09 1990

Plot

In a dystopian future in which the birth rate has been reduced, the governmente separate Kate from her family and teach her her new role in the Republic of Gilead, a theocratic government established by the Sons of Jacob. Kate will become a handmaid, the place reserved for the few women who are still fertile to have children that the ruling class can not conceive. In this wat, Kate goes to the house of the Commander Waterford to service him an his wife, and starts to be called Offred, name that identifies her like property of Fred, her Commander. Each month, on the days when she is ovulating, the Ceremony is celebrated, that is, the Handmaid sits between the knees of the Bride to be penetrated by her Commander.

Cast

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Comandante Waterford

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Serena Joy

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