The Handmaid's Tale

1990
R
1h 48m

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Natasha Richardson in The Handmaid's Tale (1990)

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Dystopian Sci-Fi Drama Romance Sci-Fi Thriller

Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.

Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
Writers
- Margaret Atwood
- Harold Pinter
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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

11K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,971

Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
Writers
- Margaret Atwood
- Harold Pinter
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Trivia
While working on the film, Robert Duvall became so fascinated with evangelism that it inspired him to write The Apostle (1997).

Goofs
When Moira ties up Aunt Lydia and escapes the Red Center, it is late at night, but moments later, when she exits, it is clearly daytime.

Quotes
Moira: What they get you for?
Kate: We tried to cross the border. You?
Moira: Gender Treachery. I like girls.
Kate: My God! They could've sent you to the colonies for that.
Moira: They don't send you to the colonies if your ovaries are still jumping.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Joe Versus the Volcano/The Handmaid's Tale/Bad Influence/Coupe De Ville/Love at Large (1990)

Soundtracks
Whispering Hope
Written by Septimus Winner as Alice Hawthorne

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6/10

This is why there's a separation of church and state

This movie is about what can happen when religious nuts take over the country's government. People who are different are either killed or enslaved in one way or another. Let's see...we have murder and public display of anyone who isn't of the religion that took over....women who are fertile enslaved for religious higher-up's in the government...anyone who's different, and ISN'T killed enslaved in radioactive areas...makes you realize why people fight so hard against religion intruding into politics. Like the scholars from the future of this story who have a hard time believing it actually happened, despite hearing the story with their own ears, people nowadays don't believe that "people of God" in government would be so bad. Watch this movie and think on it. This is why there's a separation of church and state.