The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

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Release Date

2/15/1990

Runtime

108 mins

Overview

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

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

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A suffocating immersion into a theocratic nightmare where women's bodies are state property and resistance happens in whispered moments. Harrowing and infuriating in equal measure.

Mood

Dread-soakedAngryClaustrophobicBleak

Themes

GenderPowerFreedomFaithSurvival

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

DesaturatedFormalist

Structure

Linear

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Sexual violenceGraphic violence

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