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The Remains of the Day (1993), an adaptation of the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, directed by James Ivory. A subtle masterpiece of quiet desperation. From some of the reviews of the film:
"It is only a thoroughly English film that could frustrate yet charm viewers at the same time in a tale of endless manners and disguised longing. At the heart of The Remains of the Day is a tragicomic story of a stoic life of unlived possibilities and a simple reminder: don’t hold out."
"This impeccable adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Booker Prize-winning novel stars Anthony Hopkins as the emotionally repressed butler and Emma Thompson as the housekeeper he possibly loves. Framed in flashbacks, the story is an English twist on Jean Renoir's classic La Règle du Jeu, a broad view of a narrow class of aristocrats."
"The visceral pain at the center of this adaptation [...] comes not from fading or unrequited love but unrealized affection. Try as he might to repress his feelings, devoted butler Mr. Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) can’t stifle the blossoming attachment he shares with housemaid Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson). And yet, at every opportunity she gives him to do something about it, he balks, squandering the potential for something truly beautiful — something that actually belongs to them, not their aristocratic employer. [...] One of the many brilliant things about The Remains is the way this political drama doubles the devastation of Stevens’ die-hard commitment to his job — because now, he’s sacrificing his one chance at love for something that won’t even survive the decade. Sublime filmmaking and performances turn Stevens’ every minute choice into a pillar of profound tragedy, giving us a maddeningly heartwrenching life lesson for the ages."
