Elisa is a quiet, separated lady who functions as a housekeeper in a covered up, high-security government research center in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes everlastingly when she finds the lab’s ordered mystery – – a baffling, scaled animal from South America that lives in a water tank. As Elisa fosters an interesting bond with her new companion, she before long discovers that its destiny and very endurance lies in the possession of an unfriendly government specialist and a sea life researcher.
The Shape of Water
R
Duration: 2h 3min
Release Date: 22 December 2017 (USA)
Genres: Drama, Fantansy, Romance
Director: Guillermo del Toro
IMDb: 7.3
Box Office Collection
Budget: $19,400,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada: $63,859,435
Opening weekend US & Canada: $166,564 Dec 3, 2017
Gross worldwide: $195,333,312
Awards
| Academy Awards, USA 2018 |
| Best Achievement in Directing Guillermo del Toro Best Motion Picture of the Year Guillermo del Toro J. Miles Dale Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Alexandre Desplat Best Achievement in Production Design Paul D. Austerberry Shane Vieau Jeffrey A. Melvin |
| BAFTA Awards 2018 |
| Best Production Design Paul D. Austerberry Jeffrey A. Melvin Shane Vieau Original Music Alexandre Desplat |
| BAFTA Awards 2018 |
| Guillermo del Toro |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2018 |
| Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins Best Director Guillermo del Toro |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2018 |
| Best Fantasy Film |
| AFI Awards, USA 2018 |
| Movie of the Year THE SHAPE OF WATER bursts with humanity at its best in a story awash in the inhuman treatment of those who are different. Guillermo del Toro marshals memories of American film – from silent classics to 1930s musicals to 1950s horror films – to create a visually stunning, phantasmagorical romance that is both astonishingly new and echoes as a tale as old as time. Sally Hawkins delivers a tour de force performance without uttering a word, reminding that cinema at its finest can express the purest form of love. |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 |
| Best Picture Best Director Guillermo del Toro |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 |
| Bravest Performance Sally Hawkins Tied with Margot Robbie for I, Tonya (2017) |
| Art Directors Guild 2018 |
| Period Film Paul D. Austerberry (production designer) Nigel Churcher (art director) David Best (first assistant art director) David G. Fremlin (first assistant art director) William Cheng (first assistant art director) Evan Webber (first assistant art director) Danny Haeberlin (first assistant art director) Jeremy Gillespie (first assistant art director) Jane Stoiacico (second assistant art director) Matthew Lammerich (scenic artist) Guy Davis (concept artist) Vincent Proce (concept artist) Shane Vieau (set decorator) Jeffrey A. Melvin (set decorator) |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2018 |
| Best Director Guillermo del Toro Best Score Alexandre Desplat Top Ten Films |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards 2017 |
| Best Director Guillermo del Toro |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 2018 |
| Film Music Alexandre Desplat |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2017 |
| Best Actress Sally Hawkins |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2018 |
| Best Score Alexandre Desplat Best Production Design Paul D. Austerberry Shane Vieau Jeffrey A. Melvin Best Picture Best Director Guillermo del Toro |
| Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards 2017 |
| Best Production Design Paul D. Austerberry |
| Chlotrudis Awards 2018 |
| Best Actress Sally Hawkins Tied with Holly Hunter for Strange Weather (2016). Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast |
| CinEuphoria Awards 2019 |
| Best Cinematography – International Competition Dan Laustsen |
| Columbus Film Critics Association 2018 |
| Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) Sally Hawkins For Maudie Tied with Tracy Letts for Lady Bird (2017), The Lovers (2017), and The Post (2017). Best Actress Sally Hawkins Best Score Alexandre Desplat |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2017 |
| Best Picture Best Actress Sally Hawkins Best Director Guillermo del Toro Best Cinematography Dan Laustsen Best Musical Score Alexandre Desplat |
| Directors Guild of America, USA 2018 |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Guillermo del Toro J. Miles Dale (unit production manager) (plaque) Dennis Chapman (production manager) (plaque) Pierre Henry (first assistant director) (plaque) Tyler Delben (second assistant director) (plaque) |
Casts
| Sally Hawkins | Elisa Esposito |
| Michael Shannon | Richard Strickland |
| Richard Jenkins | Giles |
| Octavia Spencer | Zelda Fuller |
| Michael Stuhlbarg | Dr. Robert Hoffstetler |
| Doug Jones | Amphibian Man |
| David Hewlett | David Hewlett |
| Nick Searcy | General Hoyt |
Writing Credits
| Guillermo del Toro | (screenplay by) & |
| Vanessa Taylor | (screenplay by) |
| Guillermo del Toro | (story by) |
