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The L-Shaped Room
The L-Shaped Room is a 1962 British drama film, directed by Bryan Forbes, which tells the story of a young French woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London boarding house, befriending a young man in the building. It stars Leslie Caron and Tom Bell. The work is considered part of the kitchen sink realism school of British drama.
The film was adapted by Bryan Forbes from the novel by Lynne Reid Banks.
Leslie Caron's performance won her the
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