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Tender Is the Night

1962 · 142 min

A slow, elegant plunge into a glamorous marriage's unravelling, watching love curdle into jealousy and regret.

Directed by
Henry King
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Jill St. John
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Henry King
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Jill St. John
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • identity
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Henry King
Written by
Ivan Moffat
Starring
Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Jill St. John, Joan Fontaine, Tom Ewell, Cesare Danova, Paul Lukas, Bea Benaderet
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
Leon Shamroy
Runtime
142 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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