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The Shape of Water
MEXICO · 2017

The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro
forbidden love Cold War tensions isolation and loneliness captivity and freedom cross-species connection
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Synopsis

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.

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