The Shape of Water
A fairy tale for troubled times.
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- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
Media
Overview
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.
Keywords
- scientist
- orphan
- usa
- 1960s
- complex
- supernatural
- magic realism
- fairy tale
- sign languages
- government
- interspecies romance
- laboratory
- cold war
- baltimore
- bathtub
- capture
- fishman
- amphibious creature
- calm
- informative
- interspecies sex
- baltimore, usa
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 1, 2017
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Russian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- TSG Entertainment,Fox Searchlight Pictures,Double Dare You Productions,Bull Productions,Double Dare You
- Cast
- Sally Hawkins,Michael Shannon,Richard Jenkins,Octavia Spencer,Michael Stuhlbarg,Doug Jones,David Hewlett,Nick Searcy,Stewart Arnott,Nigel Bennettand 29 more
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Producer
- Guillermo del Toro,J. Miles Dale
- Cinematography
- Dan Laustsen
- Music
- Alexandre Desplat
- Budget
- $19,500,000
- Revenue
- $195,300,000
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt5580390