The Remains of the Day
1993 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary
7.4/10
Rating
134 min
Runtime
1993
Release Year
James Ivory
Director
Cast
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant
Quick Synopsis
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Full Plot Summary of The Remains of the Day
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
