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The Shape of Water premiered on August 31, 2017, at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Golden Lion for best film. [28][29] It also screened at Telluride Film Festival, [30] the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, [31] and BFI London Film Festival, among others. [32]
The Shape of Water: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer. At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
- (451K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Guillermo del Toro
- 2017-12-22
- IT PREMIERED IN THE THEATER IN WHICH IT WAS SHOT. The stunning, turn-of-the-century movie theater that Elisa lives above (and drips water into) is the historic Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Canada.
- ELISA’S LAST NAME HINTS AT HER ORPHAN STATUS. The main character doesn’t appear to have any family connections throughout the film, relying solely on the friendship of her closeted gay neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins) and her co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer), and her last name suggests that she was abandoned as a child.
- HER NAME ALSO OFFERS A CONNECTION TO MY FAIR LADY. Both Elisa from The Shape of Water and Eliza (Audrey Hepburn) from My Fair Lady are working-class characters who undergo a transformation that allows them to find their own voice.
- GUILLERMO DEL TORO WAS DRUNK WHEN HE PITCHED THE MOVIE TO HAWKINS. As the story goes, del Toro was watching Antiques Roadshow when he got a call from Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu, asking him to go to a 2014 Golden Globes party with them, promising they would all get drunk and sing together.
Mar 5, 2018 · The first inkling that del Toro had something special on his hands came in late August of 2017. The Shape of Water had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and the reviews were...
- Germain Lussier
UK premiere Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Friday 13 October at the London Film Festival. UK release date 16 February 2018. Distributor Twentieth Century Fox. Trailer.
Film of the week: The Shape of Water swims in lagoons of love and horror. Guillermo del Toro’s bittersweet romance between a mute cleaning woman and an amphibious man cleverly and affectionately updates Hollywood monster movies of the past. from our March 2018 issue. Sally Hawkins as Eliza Esposito in The Shape of Water.
Release Date. Italy. August 31, 2017 (Venice International Film Festival, premiere) United States. September 2, 2017 (Telluride Film Festival) Canada. September 11, 2017 (Toronto International Film Festival) Brazil. October 5, 2017 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)
