The L-Shaped Room

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The L-Shaped Room is a 1962 British drama film, based on Lynne Reid Banks’s novel, about a young unmarried pregnant woman who moves into a shabby London bedsit and was acclaimed for Leslie Caron’s powerful performance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British drama film
film
adaptationOf The L-Shaped Room self-linksurface differs
surface form: The L-Shaped Room (novel) by Lynne Reid Banks
authorOfSourceWork Lynne Reid Banks
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best British Actress

BAFTA Award for Best Film
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best British Film
awardNominationRecipient Leslie Caron
basedOn The L-Shaped Room self-linksurface differs
surface form: The L-Shaped Room (novel)
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Douglas Slocombe
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception acclaimed
director Bryan Forbes
distributor Columbia Pictures
editor Anthony Harvey
filmMovement British New Wave
format feature film
genre drama film
social realism film
hasTheme class and poverty
female independence
single motherhood
social stigma
mainCharacter Jane Fosset
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Leslie Caron
medium cinema
musicBy John Barry
narrativeFocus unmarried pregnant woman
notableFor Leslie Caron’s performance
originalLanguage English
producer Richard Attenborough
productionCompany Allied Film Makers
releaseDateUK 1962
releaseYear 1962
runtimeMinutes 126
screenwriter Bryan Forbes
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London

bedsit
starring Avis Bunnage
Bernard Lee
Brock Peters
Cicely Courtneidge
Leslie Caron
Patricia Phoenix
Tom Bell
timePeriodOfSetting early 1960s

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Leslie Caron notableWork The L-Shaped Room
Rachel Kempson notableWork The L-Shaped Room
The L-Shaped Room basedOn The L-Shaped Room self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The L-Shaped Room (novel)
The L-Shaped Room adaptationOf The L-Shaped Room self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The L-Shaped Room (novel) by Lynne Reid Banks
Anthony Harvey edited The L-Shaped Room