The L-Shaped Room

Name: The L-Shaped Room
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1962-11-20
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Cast: Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Brock Peters, Bernard Lee

1962 · 2h 6m · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom

Sex is not a forbidden word

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.

Written & directed by

Bryan Forbes

Based on the novel by

Lynne Reid Banks

Starring

Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Brock Peters, Bernard Lee

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abortionistattempted abortionboarding housebudding romancefrench womangood neighborsimmigrantkitchen sink realismlandladyliving alonelondon, englandpregnancysocial conventionunplanned pregnancyunwed pregnancy

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