The L-Shaped Room
7.3
1962
2 hr 6 min
Drama
, Romance
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.
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- Cast：
- Leslie Caron , Tom Bell , Brock Peters , Bernard Lee , Avis Bunnage , Patricia Phoenix , Cicely Courtneidge
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Reviews
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
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Good movie but grossly overrated
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Excellent, Without a doubt!!
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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
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