This lavish production of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender is the Night” is set against the sumptuous background of the playgrounds of Europe during the 1920s. Dick Diver, a brilliant young American psychiatrist, falls in love with Nicole Warren, a beautiful but schizophrenic American heiress. They make a stylish, glamorous couple and in the carnival atmosphere of the 1920s enjoy a lavish lifestyle on the French Riviera, in Paris and in Switzerland. This brings them a fascinating circle of friends, but rivalries and conflicting passions within the group strain their relationship and take a heavy toll on Nicole’s fragile health. For Dick, the intertwining of lives with Nicole ends in tragedy. Screenplay by Dennis Potter.
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ACMI Identifier
324177
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental illness
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Schizophrenia
Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)