Description
Based on the Margaret Atwoodâs award-winning, best-selling novel, The Handmaidâs Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentals in its militarized âreturn to traditional values.â As on of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commanderâs household, belonging to the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids â where anyone could be a spy for Gilead â with one goal: to survive and find the daughter who was taken from her. Also featuring Yvonne Strahovski and Samira Wiles.