Rent The Remains of the Day (1993)
3.9 of 5 from 299 ratings
2h 9min
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- Synopsis:
- Oscar Winners Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson star in this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love. Hopkins stars as Stevens, a dedicated English butler to Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox. Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradually fall in love, though neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments.
- Actors:
- Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve, Caroline Hunt, James Fox, Peter Vaughan, Paula Jacobs, Ben Chaplin, Steve Dibben, Abigail Hopkins, Patrick Godfrey, Peter Cellier, Peter Halliday, Hugh Grant, Terence Bayler, Jeffry Wickham, Hugh Sweetman, Michael Lonsdale, Brigitte Kahn
- Directors:
- James Ivory
- Producers:
- Ismail Merchant, John Calley, Mike Nichols
- Writers:
- Kazuo Ishiguro, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Others:
- Richard Robbins, Ian Whittaker, Jenny Beavan, John Bright, Luciana Arrighi, Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Aka:
- Lo que queda del día
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/10/2013
- Run Time:
- 134 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 2.0, German Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Deleted Scenes
- The Remains of the Day: The Filmmakers' Journey Documentary
- Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honour: England's Fatal Flaw Featurette
- Love and Loyalty: The Making of the Remains of the Day Featurette
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Reviews (3) of The Remains of the Day
English classic - The Remains of the Day review by Swambi
The story of the perfect butler - and his mistakes. Fantastic filming, fantastic scenery, totally believable. It examines a lot of moral issues, and you get drawn progressively into the romantic involvement which is meticulously acted out.
4 out of 5 members found this review helpful.
Polite Silence, Loud Regrets - The Remains of the Day review by griggs
You can feel this whole film being carried by two people who barely raise their voices. Anthony Hopkins plays Stevens like a man who’s spent decades pressing the wrinkles out of his own life. Every “Yes, sir” sounds like practice for not saying the thing that matters. It’s heartbreaking, and also dryly funny in that very British way.
Emma Thompson is the perfect counterweight: warm, sharp, and quietly furious at the silence he keeps choosing. When Miss Kenton nudges at him, it’s not grand melodrama — it’s someone trying, again and again, to get a straight answer out of a man who treats emotion like mess.
What I really admire is how it makes an internal novel visible: posture, routine, the gaps between sentences. And underneath the love story there’s the extra sting — Lord Darlington’s politics, and Stevens’ belief that duty means not asking what the house is really doing. By the end, it doesn’t break your heart so much as pack it away, neatly ironed and folded.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Loved it - The Remains of the Day review by MR
Terrific, I have only just seen this for the first time. Such uncomfortable atmospheres created, wonderful subtle acting by everybody, the world of the house all seemed so plausible. Anthony Hopkins amazing as someone who is hopelessly repressed.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.