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A snappy, stylish Christmas classic, Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine star in Billy Wilder’s tale of loneliness and love.

Jack Lemmon is lonely office bottom-runger C.C. Baxter, who goes after promotion by allowing his seniors the use of his apartment for their extramarital liaisons. Meanwhile, he hopes to catch the eye of the sassy elevator girl, Fran Kubelik (Shirley Maclaine).

Funny, heartbreaking and with a searingly sharp social commentary, The Apartment glows with towering performances from its two leads.

“I’m still not sure if it’s really a romantic comedy or a heartbreaking film about loneliness. Maybe it’s both...” Simon Duffy