Tender Is the Night

1985-10-28 United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia 30 minutes.

6.30 7 votes

Drama adultery based on novel or book ambition mental breakdown french riviera miniseries mental illness expatriate psychiatry 1920s 1910s actress

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Sep 23, 1985

1 - 1

1917 Sep 23, 1985
1 - 2

1925 Sep 30, 1985
1 - 3

1925 Oct 07, 1985
1 - 4

1925 Oct 14, 1985
1 - 5

1928 Oct 21, 1985
1 - 6

1929 Oct 28, 1985

Overview

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.

Year 1985

Studio BBC One, Showtime, Seven Network

Director Dennis Potter

Crew Robert Knights (Director), Malcolm Cowley (Writer), F. Scott Fitzgerald (Novel), Dennis Potter (Writer), Richard Rodney Bennett (Original Music Composer), Betty Willingale (Producer)

Popularity 2.7421

Language English