Director:
Volker SchlöndorffCámara:
Igor LutherMúsica:
Ryūichi SakamotoReparto:
Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall, Blanche Baker, Traci Lind, Muse Watson, David Dukes (más)Streaming (2)
Sinopsis(1)
En una sociedad tiránica altamente contaminada, una joven es usada como esclava sexual a causa de un raro don: su fertilidad.
Volker Schlöndorff dirige la primera adaptación a la gran pantalla de una de las obras capitales de la ciencia ficción distópica: el best-seller de Margaret Atwood "El cuento de la criada".
(Filmin)
Reseñas (1)
This film deserves a comparison with the much more famous later film Children of Men. That excellent sci-fi had a weaker literary source, but Cuarón managed to extract the most from the material and created a colorful fresco from the post-apocalyptic world, which had a tremendous atmosphere, style, and tension. The Handmaid's Tale is an adaptation of a novel by the excellent Canadian author Margaret Atwood, and this novel belongs among her best works. If Volker Schlöndorff had succeeded in conveying the idea and placing it in a thrilling adventure story, it would have been a great hit. However, he approached it too academically, and spiced it up too little, so a dull spectacle was created. The budget may be responsible for many things, but the director's fault is undeniable. Natasha Richardson is not bad, but I could imagine a more charismatic actress in the lead role. On the other hand, Faye Dunaway and Elizabeth McGovern are very good in the supporting roles. Schlöndorff made a European film that could not do that well on the American market and so it kind of fizzled out. Overall impression: 70%.
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