The Handmaid's Tale
– Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocrati..
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
26 Apr 2017
English
This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17 years old. It contains content that is unsuitable for children.
Bruce Miller
Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 38 wins & 34 nominations.