
The Sun Also Rises(1957)
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.


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.

Jennifer Jones
Nicole Diver (née Warren)

Jason Robards
Dick Diver

Jill St. John
Rosemary Hoyt

Joan Fontaine
Baby Warren

Tom Ewell
Abe North

Cesare Danova
Tommy Barban

Paul Lukas
Dr. Dohmler

Bea Benaderet
Mrs. McKisco

Charles Fredericks
Albert McKisco

Sanford Meisner
Franz Gregorovious
Tender Is the Night is a drama, romance film released in 1962 exploring themes of adultery, based on novel or book, american dream, ambition, playboy, french riviera. Directed by Henry King, it stars Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Jill St. John. 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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