The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

1963, USA. It was the time of the Cold War. A lonely woman, Eliza, works as a cleaner in a top-secret state laboratory. Her life is full of isolation from the outside world, because she is mute and because of this she is very withdrawn and does not let others near her. She has only one friend from Zelda's work. One day, by chance, they come across an Object - an amphibian person, who is being experimented on in the laboratory. Eliza falls in love with this creature and is ready to help him escape from captivity. Having stolen such a valuable sample, a woman will put herself in incredible danger and become an outlaw, but she will stop at nothing to save her beloved. Read more The director of the film is the true master of scary tales, Guillermo del Toro. He previously worked on the films "Faun's Labyrinth" (2006, 2 Oscar nominations), "Pacific Rim" (2013), as well as the "Hellboy" franchise. The film starred: Sally Hawkins ("Proofs of Reason" (2007), "Desert Flower" (2009), "Jane Eyre" (2011)), Doug Johnson ("Faun's Labyrinth" (2006), "Gainsbourg: Love of a Bully" (2010), the "Hellboy" franchise), Michael Shannon ("Road of Change" (2008, Oscar nomination), "Under under the cover of night" (2016, Oscar nomination"), the series "Underground Empire"), Octavia Spencer ("The Maid" (2012, Oscar for "Best Supporting Actress"), "Hidden Figures" (2016, Oscar nomination), "The Gifted" (2017)). The film premiered on August 31, 2017 at the Venice Film Festival, Italy. The film has already been nominated in 7 categories at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards. Film critics http://www.metacritic.com gave the film a score of 86/100, and https://www.rottentomatoes.com has 94% positive reviews (201/214).