Series·1985·1 Season

Tender Is the Night

Created By

Dennis Potter

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Language

English

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The Story

In the French Riviera of the 1920s, wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick Diver. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all. Tender Is the Night is a 1985 television drama miniseries co-produced by Showtime, 20th Century Fox Television, BBC, and 7 Network. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1934 novel of the same name, the six-part series focuses on themes of love, ambition, mental illness, and the decline of the American Dream.

Written By

Malcolm Cowley, Dennis Potter

Producer

Betty Willingale, Jonathan Powell

Cinematography

Ken Westbury

Music

Richard Rodney Bennett

Themes

adulterybased on novel or bookambitionmental breakdownfrench rivieraminiseriesmental illnessexpatriatepsychiatry1920s1910sactress

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