The L-Shaped Room

Nov 20, 1962

2h 6m

★ 6.9

Sex is not a forbidden word

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Romulus Films

British Lion Films

The L-Shaped Room Trailers

Cast

Jane Fosset

Leslie Caron

Toby

Tom Bell

Johnny

Brock Peters

Charlie

Bernard Lee

Doris

Avis Bunnage

Sonia

Patricia Phoenix

Mavis

Cicely Courtneidge

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