2017 2h 3m Guillermo del Toro

The Shape of Water

Name: The Shape of Water
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Drama, Science-Fiction
Released: 2017
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer

★ 7.3 IMDb

Fantasy Romance Drama Science-Fiction

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Writers Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

Cast Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer

DP Dan Laustsen

Production Designer Paul Denham Austerberry

Music Alexandre Desplat

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The Human Monsters of Guillermo Del Toro by Duncan Gray, MUBI Notebook Guillermo del Toro: ‘The world breaks your heart, but you carry on’ by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

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