The Handmaid's Tale (1990)

Directors

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant

The story

In the early 21st century following a sterility plague caused by global warming, war rages across the Republic of Gilead (formerly the United States of America, which collapsed after a civil war between Fascists and Radical Feminists), and rampant pollution has rendered 99% of the population sterile and killed most children. Kate is a woman who attempts to emigrate to Canada with her husband Luke and daughter Jill. As they attempt to cross the border by foot on a dirt road, the Gilead Border Guard orders them to turn back or they will open fire.

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