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The Shape of Water

2017 · 123 min

Drama · Fantasy · Romance

IMDb 7.3🍅 92%
Max

Trailer

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.

Crew

  • Director Guillermo del Toro
  • Screenplay Vanessa Taylor
  • Screenplay Guillermo del Toro
  • Story Guillermo del Toro
  • Director of Photography Dan Laustsen

Cast

  • Sally Hawkins

    Sally Hawkins

    Elisa Esposito

  • Michael Shannon

    Michael Shannon

    Richard Strickland

  • Richard Jenkins

    Richard Jenkins

    Giles

  • Octavia Spencer

    Octavia Spencer

    Zelda Fuller

  • Michael Stuhlbarg

    Michael Stuhlbarg

    Dr. Robert Hoffstetler

  • Doug Jones

    Doug Jones

    Amphibian Man

  • David Hewlett

    David Hewlett

    Fleming

  • Nick Searcy

    Nick Searcy

    General Hoyt

  • Stewart Arnott

    Stewart Arnott

    Bernard

  • Nigel Bennett

    Nigel Bennett

    Mihalkov

  • Lauren Lee Smith

    Lauren Lee Smith

    Elaine Strickland

  • Martin Roach

    Martin Roach

    Brewster Fuller

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Intermission

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