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The Handmaid's Tale (1990)

R02/15/1990Drama, Science Fiction1h 48m
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A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

Overview

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Top Billed Cast

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    Natasha Richardson

    Kate

  2. Cast 1

    Faye Dunaway

    Serena Joy

  3. Cast 1

    Aidan Quinn

    Nick

  4. Cast 1

    Elizabeth McGovern

    Moira

  5. Cast 1

    Victoria Tennant

    Aunt Lydia

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    Robert Duvall

    Commander

  7. Cast 1

    Blanche Baker

    Ofglen

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    Traci Lind

    Ofwarren / Janine

  9. Zoey Wilson

    Aunt Helena

Yikes, but there must have been some volume of hairspray used in this production that makes the "Stepford Wives" look like an ordinary family street. The women are divided into two groups in this futurist version of the USA. The blue are the privileged and wealthy, the red are the surrogates in a society that cannot now readily breed. A few lucky men are the commanders, lording over everyone and having their own fun trying to conceive children much as roosters fertilise hens. "Kate" (Natasha Richardson) is one such red dress. She is to be indoctrinated into the mansion run by "Serena Joy" (Fay...