Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night

1985
★★★☆☆ 6.3/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 6 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Drama
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. 1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married 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.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Amazon Prime Video
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Seasons

Season 1
1985 • 6 Episodes
1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married 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.

Crew

Director
Robert Knights
Writer
Malcolm Cowley, Dennis Potter
Producer
Jonathan Powell, Betty Willingale

Network

BBC One, Showtime, Seven Network

Production

20th Century Fox Television, BBC, Showtime Networks, Seven Network

Keywords

adulterybased on novel or bookambitionmental breakdownfrench rivieraminiseriesmental illnessexpatriatepsychiatry1920s