The Shape of Water

2017 Adventure

The lonely and mute Elisa (Hawkins) works as a cleaner at a secretive government lab, alongside the chatty Zelda (Spencer). While cleaning one of the restricted areas of the facility, she encounters the lab’s prized specimen: an aquatic mer-person, brought all the way from the Amazon to be studied and potentially weaponized for use in the Cold War. Where others see a monster to be contained and studied, Elisa sees a kindred spirit, and the woman and the caged monster begin to bond with each other and form a friendship that transcends the barriers between their worlds.

• Directed by:
• Guillermo Del Toro

• Written by:
• Guillermo Del Toro