The Handmaid's Tale
(2017)
Regisseur:
Bruce MillerSchauspieler:
Elisabeth Moss, Max Minghella, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Madeline Brewer, O-T Fagbenle, Ann Dowd, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel„The Handmaid's Tale“ basiert auf einem gleichnamigen Roman der Autorin Margaret Atwood. Die Geschichte spielt in der fiktiven Republik Gilead, einer dystopischen Zukunftsvision für Amerika. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine junge Frau namens Offred, die aufgrund ihrer seltenen Fähigkeit, Kinder zu gebären, zum Eigentum des Staates deklariert wurde.
Gilead ist geprägt von Umweltkatastrophen, religiösem Radikalismus und einem drastischen Niedergang der Bevölkerungszahl. Die letzten fruchtbaren Frauen, so wie Offred, werden von den regierenden Männern als Sexsklavinnen gehalten. Jedes falsche Wort könnte ihr Leben beenden.
The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values'. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.
The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values'. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.
