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The L-Shaped Room

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I came across this film on accident and was really amazed that it is largely unknown or untalked about. Here is what the case said about it:

"Young, unmarried and pregnant, a French beauty named Jane Fosset moves into a seedy London boarding house. Everyone living there has been rejected by society - blacks, homosexuals, prostitues, bohemians. Jane falls for one such outcast, a struggling writer, and their love affair has everyone talking - including those who know her dark secret. Caron earned an Oscar nomination for her marvelous performance as Jane."

This is a good, interesting story about strangers interacting and affecting each other and their decisions. It might sound like a soap opera, but it was so much better than anything like that.

I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys moody period movies.

This film used to be on tv a lot when I was younger. I watched it every time and wish I could afford it on DVD! It is similar to Rear Window or Stage Door in the sense that it is about an apartment full of characters who have nothing in common and find acceptance and true friendship by being in the same place. This film shows lesbians in a relationship when most movies wouldn't even mention lesbians and if they did someone would have to die! It shows a pregnant girl who is loved and accepted, not judged in a time when pregnancy was not discussed or in movies. If you were an unmarried pregnant girl you had to feel guilty or die! Or at the very least suffer and feel great guilt. But Jane is proud and self confident. She does not bow down and accept the "rules" of her time. And I love this about her character! I wish it was still on tv as I really love this film!! It is a rare film where I hate it to end because I am having so much fun with the characters but this is one of those rare times!