Tender is the night

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.