Handmaid’s Tale, The

Synopsis: A film version of the book by Margaret Atwood. The end of the 20th Century finds a repressed society run by puritans and the majority of women barren. Under this new regime fertile women are handmaids and are placed among important childless couples to become pregnant. Kate is one such woman...co-operating means survival...
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1990
Notes: The video version is has been deleted in the UK and is only available for hire from Trumedia. Region 1 DVDs are available for sale from amazon.com in the US
BBFC classification 18.
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: literature - American; Atwood, Margaret

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Notes: Trumedia supplies video tapes and DVDs to UK schools, colleges and universities and is geared up to take official orders from educational institutions. The catalogue highlights programmes likely to be of use in the curriculum, but the company can supply any video in current UK distribution, as well as some deleted titles. Particularly strong in the areas of English literature and drama, as well as history, natural history, art & artists, and foreign language films.

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