Title: The Shape of Water
Original Title: The Shape of Water
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: USA Mexico
- Language: English
- Length: 123 Minutes (2 hours 3 min)
- Budget: $19,400,000
- Genre: Adventure Romance Fantasy
- Studios: Searchlight Pictures TSG Entertainment
- Distributor: 20th Century Studios
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: February 14 2018
- United States: December 01 2017
Plot
Directed by Guillermo del Toro, this film is set in 1963, during the Cold War. Elisa is a woman who works as a janitor in a laboratory. One day there meeting a stranger amphibious man who is locked in the premises of the laboratory, the scientists are investigating and experiment with him. Gradually, they both get to know and she will end up falling madly in love with mysterious amphibian man. To end his captivity, Elisa outlines a plan to free the strange creature. For the plan to succeed, Elisa will have the help of a neighbor in her community. However, the outside world will be much more dangerous for the amphibious man what Elisa had thought and the consequences of her acts can be devastating. Starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer and Doug Jones.
Awards
- 2018 Academy Awards (Oscars): 13 4
- 2018 Golden Globes: 8 2
- 2018 BAFTA Awards: 13 3
Cast
Director:
Elisa Esposito
Richard Strickland
Giles
Zelda Fuller
Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
Amphibian Man
Elaine Strickland
Videos
'The Shape of Water': Summoning a Water God
January 5 2018
Promo clip 'The Shape of Water'
December 17 2017
July 19 2017
Photos
Trivia
Piece of art
After seeing film's trailer Kevin smith tweeted "Seeing something as beautiful as this makes me feel stupid for ever calling myself a 'Director.'"
Similar reasonable
The film has similarities with the Soviet Alexander Belyaev 'Amphibian Man'
Made to her
Most of the characters were written for an actors they imagine in their minds. Octavia Spencer told that her character is a mix between her role in 'The Help' and 'Hidden Figures'.
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