The Handmaid's Tale
2017 / Drama-Science fiction
Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States. Gilead is ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate. In a desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world, the few remaining fertile women are forced into sexual servitude. One of these women, Offred, is determined to survive the terrifying world she lives in, and find the daughter that was taken from her.
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Elisabeth Moss
(Offred/June)
Joseph Fiennes
(Commander Waterford)
Yvonne Strahovski
(Serena Joy)
Samira Wiley
(Moira)
Alexis Bledel
(Ofglen/Emily)
Ann Dowd
(Aunt Lydia)
Max Minghella
(Nick)
Madeline Brewer
(Janine)
O-T Fagbenle
(Luke)
Bradley Whitford
(Joseph Lawrence)
Sam Jaeger
(Mark Tuello)
Amanda Brugel
(Rita)
Nina Kiri
(Alma)
Bahia Watson
(Brianna)
Kristen Gutoskie
(Beth)
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