The Handmaid's Tale

Starring: Richardson, Natasha and Duvall, Robert

Product Description

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Shout Factory
• Director: Schlondorff, Volker
• Starring: Richardson, Natasha, Duvall, Robert
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose” - Kris Kristofferson

Once upon a time in the recent future, a country went wrong. The country was called The Republic of Gilead. Due to pollution, only one in one hundred women is not sterile and is forced to be a surrogate or handmaid to the rich and powerful in a state where right-wing fundamentalists are in charge. Kate (Natasha Richardson) is caught trying to escape the country with her husband and daughter. She is apprehended, her husband dispatched, and her daughter reeducated. Kate has the privilege of becoming the handmaid of the commander (Robert Duvall) and his wife (Faye Dunaway). The film is much more complex, and the book by Margaret Atwood that it is loosely based on is even more complex. You can put this in the category of a tear-jerker and nail-biter.