Country United States
Genres Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller
Runtime 55 minutes
Total runtime 74 hours 15 minutes
Status Ended
Network Hulu
Showrunner Bruce Miller
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The Handmaid's Tale

2017 51K members 6 seasons81 episodes

In the near future, pollution and disease have reduced fertility. The "Sons of Jacob," a Protestant religio-political sect, took advantage of this to seize power, destroying the White House, the Supreme Court and Congress in a coup.

The Republic of Gilead was born. The male/female relationship has been turned upside down. Power is entirely male. Women are no longer considered citizens and cannot work or have money. They are even divided into categories:

-wives (dressed in blue or green) are the wives of the high ranking leaders. They do the housework and all the tasks of the house.
-aunts (in brown clothes) supervise the servants
-the maids (dressed in scarlet) are only used for reproduction. They must procreate with the husbands of the wives once a month
the econofemmes are the wives of middle-class men, and they work mainly in the laundries.
-the marthas (in gray) are at the service of the servants
-the jezabels are prostitutes

June Obsborne is a maid under the name of Defred under the command of Fred Waterford. Her daughter has been taken from her and her husband has run away.

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