“The Shape of Water”
One of the new movies from the 74th Venice International Film Festival is The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro. In this new movie behind the scenes at a secret government project and befriends, and then rescues, a strange aquatic figure who looks similar to the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
The plot is outlined by the new movie trailer. The main character is Elisa Esposito (played by Sally Hawkins) who is a meek woman rendered mute as a child. Set in 1960s Baltimore, she works at the Occam Aerospace Research Center where the government is keeping “the Asset” (played by Doug Jones), a South American aquatic creature. She sneaks into its lab and befriends it, teaching it some sign language and feeding it hard-boiled eggs.
Upon learning that the Asset will be killed, Elisa decides to free the creature with the help of her friend Zelda (Octavia Spencer) and neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins). She tries to keep him alive in her bathtub, but as she runs out of the chemicals that he needs to survive she realizes that he needs to get to the canal. But with both the American and Soviet governments after the creature, trying to save the life of the Asset may risk Elisa’s life as well.
Other characters include the main villain, Colonel Richard Strickland (played by Michael Shannon), the seemingly helpful scientist Dr. Robert Hoffstetler (played by Michael Stuhlbarg), and Elaine Strickland, the wife of the colonel (played by Lauren Lee Smith).
The new movie trailer includes a warning for nudity and sexuality. While the trailer doesn’t make it clear, Elisa and the Asset do have sex in the film, which viewers may find questionable.
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