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The Handmaid's Tale
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
1990 · Directed by Volker Schlöndorff · 108 min · Drama · Science Fiction · 13 frames
Tagline
A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.
Crew
- Screenplay: Harold Pinter
- Cinematography: Igor Luther
- Edited by: David Ray
- Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Production design: Thomas A. Walsh
- Produced by: Daniel Wilson
Cast
- Natasha Richardson as Kate
- Faye Dunaway as Serena Joy
- Aidan Quinn as Nick
- Elizabeth McGovern as Moira
- Victoria Tennant as Aunt Lydia
- Robert Duvall as Commander
- Blanche Baker as Ofglen
- Traci Lind as Ofwarren / Janine
- Zoey Wilson as Aunt Helena
- Kathryn Doby as Aunt Elizabeth
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English, German, Spanish
- Studios: Cinecom Entertainment Group, Cinetudes Films, Neue Bioskop Film
- Budget: $13,000,000
- Box office: $4,960,385
- Themes: rebellion, future, canada, rape, based on novel or book, escape, paranoia, dystopia, slavery, sexism
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