Handmaid's Tale

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Based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, THE HANDMAID'S TALE presents a harrowing vision of (as the film's opening legend reads) "the very near future." In Gilead, formerly the United States, a series of ecological disasters rendering most women infertile has been followed by a coup d'?tat by puritanical right-wing fundamentalists. Attempting to escape the increasingly unjust and brutal oligarchy, Kate (Natasha Richardson) is captured by border guards while her husband is killed and her daughter lost. Because she is fertile, Kate is sent for training as a handmaid, where she meets the defiant Moira (Elizabeth McGovern). Kate then becomes handmaid to the Commander (Robert Duvall) and is forced to enact a ceremony, based on the biblical story of Rachel, in which she lies between the Commander and his infertile wife, Serena Joy (Faye Dunaway), so he can impregnate her. The ceremony leaves Serena Joy angry, the Commander unfulfilled, and Kate humiliated, rebellious, and desperate for freedom. <br> <br> ...

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Alibris		Format: VHS, Release Company: Warner Home Video (September 05, 1990), UPC: 026359043130	$1.99 Shipping: $2.99 Total price: $4.98	go to store Alibris
Alibris		Format: DVD, Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (December 11, 2001), UPC: 027616869296	$7.99 Shipping: $2.99 Total price: $10.98	go to store Alibris
DeepDiscount.com		Format: DVD, Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (December 11, 2001), UPC: 027616869296	$9.72 Shipping: go to store Total price: $9.72	go to store DeepDiscount.com
Family Video		Format: DVD, Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (December 11, 2001), UPC: 027616869296	$11.09 Shipping: $1.99 Total price: $13.08	go to store Family Video

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