El cuento de la doncella (1990)
En un futuro no muy lejano sólo unas pocas mujeres pueden tener hijos. Éstas, llamadas "doncellas", sólo pueden tener relaciones sexuales con el fin de procrear y deben cubrir su cuerpo, manos y rostro con una túnica roja que las identifica e impide que otros hombres puedan verlas. Kate —que tras ser entregada al Comandante Fred recibe el nombre Defred para identificar a quien pertenece— trata de escapar de esa fascistoide sociedad enfermiza, religiosamente fundamentalista y tiránica, aunque sabe que cualquier transgresión está penada con la muerte, como le recuerdan constantemente los cadáveres colgados en las alambradas que rodean el estado de Gilead.
Directora:
Volker Schlöndorff
Escritor:
Harold Pinter
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Natasha Richardson as Kate |
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Faye Dunaway as Serena Joy |
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Aidan Quinn as Nick |
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Elizabeth McGovern as Moira |
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Victoria Tennant as Aunt Lydia |
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Robert Duvall as Commander |
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Blanche Baker as Ofglen |
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Traci Lind as Ofwarren / Janine |
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Zoey Wilson as Aunt Helena |
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Kathryn Doby as Aunt Elizabeth |
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Reiner Schöne as Luke |
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Lucia Hartpeng as Cora |
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Karma Ibsen Riley as Aunt Sara |
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Lucile McIntyre as Rita |
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Gary Bullock as Officer on Bus |
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Allison Holmes as June |
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J. Michael Hunter as Preacher |
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Robert D. Raiford as Dick |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen Atwood | Costume Design |
| Writing | Harold Pinter | Screenplay |
| Directing | Volker Schlöndorff | Director |
| Production | Daniel Wilson | Producer |
| Editing | David Ray | Editor |
| Crew | Steve Kelso | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Igor Luther | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Richard E. Butler | Stunts |
| Sound | 坂本龍一 | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Gale Goldberg | Associate Producer |
| Art | Thomas A. Walsh | Production Design |
| Art | Jan Pascale | Set Decoration |
| Production | Eberhard Junkersdorf | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alex Gartner | Associate Producer |
| Production | Wolfgang Glattes | Executive Producer |
| Production | Pat Golden | Casting |
| Art | Gregory S. Melton | Art Direction |
| Writing | Margaret Atwood | Novel |