The Remains of the Day
“Diamond in the Rough.”
1993 · 2 h 14 min
James IvoryCast
Anthony Hopkins 
Emma Thompson John Haycraft 
Christopher Reeve Caroline Hunt 
James Fox
Credits
Written by: 
Kazuo Ishiguro
Plot
A perfect English butler suppresses his feelings for the housekeeper and ignores his employer's Nazi sympathies.
Sinekatalog’s take
James Ivory's restrained, devastating drama is one of the great studies of repression, with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (94,505 votes)
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