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The Remains of the Day

Movie · 1993 · 134 min

A quietly devastating study of restraint and regret, unfolding with exquisite patience and leaving a lingering ache.

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1993 film directed by James Ivory
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Year
1993
Runtime
134 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • class
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • memory
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
James Ivory
Written by
Kazuo Ishiguro, Harold Pinter, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Starring
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Christopher Reeve, Lena Headey, Michael Lonsdale, Ben Chaplin, James Fox
Music
Richard Robbins
Cinematography
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Runtime
134 min
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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