The remains of Day
PLOT
In 1950s post-war Britain. Mr stevens received a letter from Miss Kenton who was his colleague in the 20 years eairly .The film flashes back to Kenton’s arrival as housekeeper in 1930s. Mr stevens,he is an English butler who has dedicated his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington . His level of loyalty is the highest.Miss Kenton who is his colleague.She is not very inflexible .In the manor, there is a rule that woman and man cannot have personal emotion.But love will come in time,Stevens fell in love with Kenton .It is definitely that Stevens will never violate this rule because he always strict for himself .So he buried his love in the heart.His worry and fear make him missed the best time to get together with Kenton.Finally ,she left.because the perfect performance of the actor and actress, they make the emotion of the repression expression to be perfect.The second world war has subtly evolved as the story developed.
Characters
The remains of Day directing by James Lvory in 1993.The author of this novel is Kazuo Ishigguro in 1989. and perform by Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins.Emma Thompson plays Miss Kenton who was a housekeeper at Darlington Hall .Anthony Hopkins plays Mr Stevens who was a loyal butler and he set a high standard for himself ,and particularly concerned with dignity. Stevens think to express feelings about his personal matters will compromise his dignity.
Setting
There are a lot of country estates of English as location for the film .for example,Dyrham Park for the exterior of the house and the driveway, Powderham Castle , the interior of which was used for the aqua-turquoise stairway scenes, Corsham Court and Badminton House . Some scenes were also shot in the Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, which stood in for Clevedon.
This story occured at the period of the sceond world war in British.At that time,the social rules were certainly a major constraint.servants who wish to get married and have children immediately find themselves without a job, Married life is incompatible with total devotion to one's master. A truly "great butler" does not abandon his profession.So like Stevens ,he has to restrain his emotion by his job. When they stay at the Darlington Hall, Stevens choose to maintain the distance for his dignity which his personal understanding instead of to find the feeling that existed bewteen himself and Miss Kenton.

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