The Shape of Water

2017
7.8
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Title: The Shape of Water

Original Title: The Shape of Water

Year: 2017

Info

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:

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro

Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

Elisa Esposito

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon

Richard Strickland

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

Zelda Fuller

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Dr. Robert Hoffstetler

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

Amphibian Man

Lauren Lee Smith

Lauren Lee Smith

Elaine Strickland

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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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