The Remains of the Day (1993)

Directed by

James Ivory

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 1,520 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dedicated butler looks back on his years of service at a grand English estate. He remembers his strained relationship with the housekeeper and the choices he made that kept him from a fuller life.

melancholicrestrainedslow-burnpoignantsubtleintrospectivebittersweetquietlonging

What happens

The Remains of the Day is a 1993 drama film adapted from the Booker Prize–winning 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film was directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols, and John Calley and adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It stars Anthony Hopkins as James Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, with James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin, and Lena Headey in supporting roles. The film was a critical and box office success and it was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Thompson) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jhabvala). In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked The Remains of the Day the 64th-greatest British film of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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