The Remains of the Day
1993James Ivory134 min
Verdict: Home
- A wide image, with more letterboxing on a 16:9 screen.
In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
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- A wide image, with more letterboxing on a 16:9 screen.