The Prince of Tides is a 1991 romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy; the film stars Barbra 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. Streisand acted as both producer and director while Conroy and Becky Johnston wrote the screenplay. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, but lost the award to The Silence of the Lambs. Tom Wingo , a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his... mother, Lila, to travel to New York to help his twin sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein , after his sister Savannah's latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York and reluctantly accepts, but largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him. During their initial meetings, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family's secrets. In flashbacks, Tom relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah's life.
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