Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel is one of the hottest TV shows of 2017.
Why? Because it feels like it could go from being fiction to fact with terrifying speed and after the last few years, nothing would surprise us anymore.
Here's the official synopsis:
Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values'. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander’s household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.
Unfortunately, 'The Handmaid's Tale' is yet to find a broadcaster or streaming service on this side of the Atlantic so we'll just have to wait until someone ponies up the cash and buys the rights to show it here.
