Tender Is the Night
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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.
Production
20th Century Fox Television, BBC, Showtime Networks, Seven Network
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 23, 1985
Last Aired
October 28, 1985
Networks
BBC One, Showtime, Seven Network
Created By
Dennis Potter
Cast
Peter Strauss
Dick Diver
Mary Steenburgen
Nicole Diver (née Warren)
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