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The Prince of Tides is a 1991 American romantic drama film directed, and co-produced by Barbra Streisand, from a screenplay written by Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston, based on the former's 1986 novel The Prince of Tides. It stars Streisand and Nick Nolte. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina.
The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but received none.
The Prince of Tides (1991)
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A New York psychiatrist treating an emotionally scarred woman finds it helpful to discuss her South Carolina family's troubled history with the woman's twin brother. He and the psychiatrist find themselves drawn together by their equally turbulent pasts, and they form an alliance which ultimately leads to romance.
