Remains of the Day

Approx. Duration: 2 hour 14 minutes

TIFF Cinematheque - Retrospective

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James Ivory introduces our screening of his Academy Award®—nominated drama.

Guest Biography

    • James Ivory is not English, as is widely believed. What tempers his film-making identity, are his two closest associates, the late producer, Ismail Merchant, and the novelist and screenwriter, Ruth Jhabvala. This creative team, working together in the group they formed called Merchant Ivory Productions — one an American, one an Indian and one a European — made up the "wandering company" responsible for nearly all the films on which they collaborated. Whether set in Paris or Shanghai, Mumbai or London, the films all feature certain attributes with a distinctive Merchant Ivory stamp. Together they were responsible for A Room With a View (1986), Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1991), Howards End (1993), The Remains of the Day (1994), The Golden Bowl (2000) and fifteen other feature films.

The Remains of the Day introduced by James Ivory

    • The Remains of the Day
    • James Ivory
    • Please note that the screening of The Remains of the Day to take place on Tuesday June 19th has had a start time change. The film will now screen at 5:30 PM (instead of 5:00PM). We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.

      In a stately English manor, an emotionally distant butler (Anthony Hopkins) and an outspoken housekeeper (Emma Thompson) find their growing love stifled by the constrictions of class, hierarchy and corrupt tradition in Merchant Ivory's acclaimed adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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