Rent The L-Shaped Room (1962)
3.8 of 5 from 78 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
Leslie Caron (Gigi) was Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of Jane, a young pregnant French girl who moves to a seedy boarding house in London for a new start. Beautiful and withdrawn, Jane slowly gets to know the other residents of the house who, like her, are social outsiders in their own way. As she falls into a relationship with Toby (Tom Bell) a struggling young writer who lives on the first floor, and befriends Johnny (Brock Peters) a black jazz musician, Jane finds a new reason to five. She considers getting an abortion, but is unhappy with this solution. Eventually she comes to like her odd L-Shaped room, but still faces two problems: what to do with her baby, and what to do with Toby. - Actors:
- Leslie Caron, Anthony Booth, Avis Bunnage, Patricia Phoenix, Verity Edmett, Tom Bell, Cicely Courtneidge, Harry Locke, Ellen Dryden, Emlyn Williams, Jennifer White, Brock Peters, Gerry Duggan, Joan Ingram, Mark Eden, Stanley Morgan, Gerald Sim, Pamela Sholto, Ruth Burns, Diane Clare
- Directors:
- Bryan Forbes
- Producers:
- Richard Attenborough, James Woolf, John Woolf
- Writers:
- Lynne Reid Banks, Bryan Forbes
- Others:
- Leslie Caron
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Lesbian Cinema, All the Twos: 1902-62, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Getting to Know..., inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, Introducing a British Film Family, Richard Attenborough: A Centenary Special Instant Expert's Guide, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/11/2017
- Run Time:
- 126 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New Interview with Leslie Caron
- New Interview with Author Lynne Reid Banks
- 'The L-Shaped Room' and the British New Wave Featurette
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Reviews (1) of The L-Shaped Room
Characterisation - The L-Shaped Room review by TT
There is hardly any plot to this film: An unmarried young French woman, living in London, becomes pregnant but does not wish to become involved with the father. She checks in to a boarding house, and occupies an L-shaped room. Her fellow borders at first seem unfriendly, but gradually give her love and support, without judgment, which would have been all to easy in the time when the film was made. A film well ahead of its time when it touched on LGBT+ issues.
It's just about people being kind to each other; what could be better than that?!
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