A Brief History
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Digging Deeper
From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER – an other-worldly fable, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.
Running Time: 123 minutes
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
McIntyre, Gina and Guillermo del Toro. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times. Insight Editions, 2017.