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The L-Shaped Room

1962 · 126 min

A quiet, intimate character study that draws you into a young woman's struggle for autonomy amid drab postwar London, with warmth and melancholy.

Tagline
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • love
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Bryan Forbes
Written by
Bryan Forbes
Starring
Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Brock Peters, Bernard Lee, Avis Bunnage, Patricia Phoenix, Cicely Courtneidge, Verity Edmett
Music
John Barry
Cinematography
Douglas Slocombe
Runtime
126 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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