The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Bryan Forbes · 126 min
The L-Shaped Room screens once in London: BFI Southbank, Tuesday 15 September at 18:00.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
The L-Shaped Room + intro by author and journalist Cathi Unsworth
What it is
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.