Elisabeth Moss
Offred/June
Search results
Cast
Episode Guide
- 10. Safe Nov 9, 2022
- June must find a way to keep herself and her family safe from Gilead's violent followers in Toronto.
- 9. Allegiance Nov 2, 2022
- June and Luke prepare for a rescue mission; Serena tries new tactics with her oppressive hosts.
- 8. Motherland Oct 26, 2022
- June considers a tempting but risky offer from a surprise visitor.
The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government.
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016.
The Handmaid’s Tale is primarily an example of speculative fiction because it imagines an alternate world not far removed from our own. In the novel, Atwood satirizes the various trends she observed in the 1980s: poor treatment of women, disease and infertility, and the corruption of religion.
The Handmaid's Tale: Created by Bruce Miller. With Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle. Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used...
Haunting and vivid, The Handmaid's Tale is an endlessly engrossing adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel that's anchored by a terrific central performance from Elisabeth Moss. Read ...
The best study guide to The Handmaid’s Tale on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes. Get the summaries, analysis, and quotes you need.
Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's 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 fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values'.
Offred (Elizabeth Moss), one of the few fertile women known as Handmaids in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife.
Apr 13, 2017 · THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE: With a superb ensemble and a disturbing premise, The Handmaid’s Tale is a riveting nightmare that’s well worth your time. Read More About: Hulu
