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Dominican Rep. The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series)
- Original title
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Year
- 2017
- Running time
- 60 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Elisabeth Moss
Joseph Fiennes
Max Minghella
Yvonne Strahovski
Alexis Bledel
Ann Dowd
Jordana Blake
O.T. Fagbenle
Samira Wiley
Nina Kiri
Amanda Brugel
Edie Inksetter
Madeline Brewer- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- TV Series. Drama | Dystopia. Religion. Feminism
- Movie Groups
- Margaret Atwood Adaptations
- Synopsis
- TV Series (2017-Present Day). 5 Seasons. 56 Episodes. In a dystopian near-future, the totalitarian and Christian fundamentalist government of Gilead rules the former United States amidst an ongoing civil war. Society is organized along a new, militarized, hierarchical regime of Bible-inspired social and religious fanaticism and newly-created social classes, in which women are brutally subjugated, and by law are not allowed to work, own property, control money, or read. Widespread infertility due to warfare-induced environmental contamination has resulted in the conscription of the few remaining fertile women — called Handmaids, according to Biblical precedent — who are assigned to the homes of the ruling elite, where they must submit to ritualized sex with their male masters in order to become pregnant and bear children for those men and their wives. The main character, Offred (Elisabeth Moss), is the Handmaid assigned to the home of Gileadan Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) and his religious wife Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski), and as such is subject to the strictest rules and constant scrutiny; an improper word or deed on her part can lead to her execution. Offred, who is named after her male master like all Handmaids, can remember the "time before", when she was married with a daughter and had her own name and identity, but all she can safely do now is follow the rules of Gilead in the hope that she can someday live free and reunite with her daughter.
In September 2022 the series was renewed for a sixth and final season- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2021: Emmy: 13 Nominations including Best Drama Series, Directing & Writing2020: Emmy: Nom. for Best Drama Series, Sup, Actor, Sup. Actress & Guest Actress2019: Emmy: Best Guest Actor (Whitford) & Best Guest Actress (Jones). 4 Nominations2018: Emmy: Best Guest Actress (Samira Wiley). 11 Nominations2017: 8 Emmy Awards: inc. Best Drama Series, Actress (Moss) & Writing. 8 Nom.2021: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actress in a Drama (Elisabeth Moss)
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