The Shape of Water
Mute cleaner's love
A 2017 fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, in which a mute woman working at a government laboratory falls in love with an amphibious humanoid creature held in captivity.
The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director.
The title evokes how water takes the form of whatever contains it—a metaphor for love adapting to circumstance.
- delGradient or divergence symbol
- toroPrized tuna belly
- mermanHalf-human sea creature
- creatureLiving, sentient entity
- sea creatureOcean-inhabiting organism
amphibian · mute · sign language · laboratory · Cold War era · cold · war · romance · love story · fairytale · fairy tale · aquatic · gills · scales · bathroom · flooding · eggs · teal
The Shape of WaterThe Notebook
Elderly love remembered
Hallmark movie · Sleepless in Seattle · Pretty Woman · Pride and Prejudice · You've Got Mail
The Shape of Waterkitchen sink realism
Drama of everyday hardship
social realism · neorealism · The Hurt Locker · Spotlight · Gone Girl
The Shape of Watercreature feature
Film showcasing a beast
shape, water, shaped, shapes, shaping, shaper, shapely, shapeless, reshape