In an academy award® nominated performance, leslie caron gigi portrays jane, a young pregnant french girl who moves to a seedy boarding house in london for a new start. Beautiful and withdrawn, jane slowly gets to know the other residents of the house who, like her, are social outsiders in their own way. As she falls into a relationship with toby tom bell a struggling young writer who lives on the first floor, and befriends johnny brock peters, to kill a mockingbird a black jazz musician, jane finds a new reason to live. She considers getting an abortion, but is unhappy with this solution. Eventually she comes to like her odd l shaped room, but still faces two problems what to do with her baby, and what to do with toby.based on the hugely successful book, written by lynne reid banks, the l shaped room is a british classic, written and directed by bryan forbes whistle down the wind, the raging moon.special featuresnew interview with leslie caronnew interview with author lynne reid banksthe l shaped room and the british new wave featurettestills gallery