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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 , in the building.
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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.
Apr 30, 2020 · 34. 3.1K views 4 years ago. 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...
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.
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 (Tom Bell).
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The L-Shaped Room. Lynne Reid Banks. 3.97. 3,318 ratings244 reviews. In this bestselling classic novel which became a famous film, Jane Graham, alone and pregnant, retreats to a dingy attic bedsit in Fulham where she finds unexpected companionship, happiness and love.
