A review from the Library Journal stated that "Celeste NG's beautiful yet chilling tale will resonate with readers who enjoyed Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale." The Library will show the movie from 1990 based on the futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It is set in Near future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States Government.
Movie Description: Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.
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