Nine years after its original premiere in the United States, the television series The Handmaid’s Tale recently arrived at Netflix with a story that has aroused so much interest among subscribers that it has positioned it among the 10 most viewed series in Mexico.
Produced by Hulu, the series is inspired by the novel of the same name written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood in 1985.
Throughout its six seasons, it develops a fictional story set in what used to be the United States, in a time when women have lost all their rights and men make all the decisions.
Since most high-income women are sterile, The Government began to recruit fertile women to force them to have children with the men of the houses and then give them to their wives.
When they have completed their “mission”, they are separated from the babies and transferred to another house to repeat the processwhich keeps them in a cycle of exploitation and suffering.
The plot focuses on June Osborne, a happily married woman whose life changes drastically when security agents of the new society arrest her for “serving her nation” by giving children to families who cannot have them.
Desperate from suffering, the protagonist, played by Elisabeth Mossfights to get out of that system, recover the daughter that was taken from her and return to her husband.
The leading cast is joined by OT Fagbenle as Luke Bankole, June’s husband; Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy, whose family June was raised for; Max Minghella plays Nick Blaine, that family’s chauffeur; Samira Wiley plays Moira, June’s best friend; and Ann Dowd plays Aunt Lydia, in charge of indoctrinating the maids.
According to the magazine Peoplethe production won a Golden Globe and made history at the 69th edition of the Emmy Awards, where it became the first series on a streaming platform. streaming to win in the drama series category. In addition, Moss also won her first Emmy for her role in the series in 2017 and her second Golden Globe in 2018.
The six seasons of The Handmaid’s Talewith around 12 chapters each, are available on Netflix.