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The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
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Audio Format.........: MP3
Bitrate..............: 128 (CBR)
Hz...................: 48,000
Channels.............: Joint Stereo

Video Format.........: XviD
Video Bitrate........: 762
Resolution...........: 512 x 288
FPS..................: 29.970
Source...............: DVD
Original Format......: NTSC
Genre................: Drama / Sci-Fi
IMDb Rating..........: 5.8/10 (2,047 votes)
CD1 Size.............: 699 MB (716,740 KB / 733,941,760 bytes)
Duration.............: 1:48:33

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Set in a time when a buildup of toxic chemicals has made most people sterile,
Volker Schlondorff's film offers a disturbing view of a society under martial
law in which fertile women are captured and made into handmaids to bear children
for rich and infertile matrons. The film unfolds from the eyes of newly
converted handmaid Kate (Natasha Richardson). She is trapped in this
mysogynistic society which both deifies these fertile women as prized
possessions and condemns them as whores. Throughout the story Kate has to cope
with the jealousy of the woman she serves (Faye Dunaway), the advances of her
sleazy military husband (the Commander, played by Robert Duvall), and the loss
of her daughter, who has been shuttled off to a similarly aristocratic setting.
She also falls in love with one of the Commander's security guards (Aidan
Quinn), who sympathizes with her plight and potentially offers her a way out.
Throughout The Handmaid's Tale, issues of feminism, abortion rights, male
dominance, and conservative religious politics all come under fire. Some may
view the film itself as antifemale considering its concepts, but it is quite the
opposite. Instead it shows how only through solidarity can women bring down an
overriding patriarchical mindset. The film, which works from Harold Pinter's
screenplay adaption of Margaret Atwood's novel, features strong performances
from those mentioned as well as Elizabeth McGovern and Victoria Tennant.


Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099731/

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