Dystopian drama adapted by Harold Pinter, from Margaret Atwood’s novel, starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Duvall. 

Atwood's timeless novel became an instant bestseller and continues to attract attention. It's about a new social order brought about by declining birth rates.

The few remaining fertile women are kept as slaves to carry children for the new regime’s leadership and elite. Kate, a handmaid, is sent to the house of Fred, the Commander. There she must submit to his demands, and those of Serena his jealous, vindictive wife. Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Duvall star.