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The L-Shaped Room is a 1962 British drama romance film directed by Bryan Forbes, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Lynne Reid Banks. It tells the story of Jane Fosset ( Leslie Caron ), a young French woman, unmarried and pregnant , who moves into a cheap London boarding house, befriending a young man, Toby ( Tom Bell ), in ...
The L-Shaped Room is a 1960 British novel by Lynne Reid Banks which tells the story of a young woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London boarding house, befriending a young man in the building. It was adapted into a film, with significant differences from the novel, by Bryan Forbes.
- Lynne Reid Banks
- 1960
Apr 30, 2020 · One of the great British films of the early 1960's, this film belongs with a collection or movement known as Kitchen sink dramas. Gritty, honest, engaging and deeply satisfying. Starring Leslie ...
- 6 min
- 3.2K
- Classic Films
Jane (Leslie Caron) 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 ...
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- Leslie Caron
- Bryan Forbes
- Drama
A pregnant French woman moves into a London boarding house with eccentric tenants and faces difficult choices. IMDb provides cast and crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this Oscar-nominated film.
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- 3 min
- Bryan Forbes
Jane Fosset, a 27-year-old Frenchwoman, leaves her provincial home, moves to London, and spends a loveless weekend with an unemployed actor. She later discovers that she is pregnant, and she moves into a squalid L-shaped room in a Notting Hill boardinghouse and arranges to have an abortion.
The L-Shaped Room (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
