Although some would say it isn't anything on the book, it is still a fairly good film in its own right, apart from the dodgy 80's effects and music. Terminator anyone?!
In the film, a woman called Kate is stripped of her identity and forced to become a handmaid to an in-fertile woman in a right-wing, totalitarianism country, in order to re-populate the state. Some might find the scenes shocking, and I certainly did when I first saw them, but they are purposely included to show the nature of this brutally right-wing state, and hopefully stop it from ever happening...
A feminist version of '1984'? Possibly, but it's a lot deeper than that. It's a film about love, loss and redemption.
In the film, a woman called Kate is stripped of her identity and forced to become a handmaid to an in-fertile woman in a right-wing, totalitarianism country, in order to re-populate the state. Some might find the scenes shocking, and I certainly did when I first saw them, but they are purposely included to show the nature of this brutally right-wing state, and hopefully stop it from ever happening...
A feminist version of '1984'? Possibly, but it's a lot deeper than that. It's a film about love, loss and redemption.