The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro · 2017 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

A mute cleaner at a Baltimore government facility in 1962 discovers that the classified asset in the tank is an amphibious creature taken from a South American river, and starts bringing it eggs and records while the security chief works out how to dissect it. Her neighbour and her colleague help her plan to get it out. Del Toro's monster picture as a Cold War fairy tale.

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