A fairy tale for troubled times.
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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Nostalgic, contemplative, grave and meticulous.
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Sally HawkinsElisa Esposito
- Michael ShannonRichard Strickland
- Richard JenkinsGiles
- Octavia SpencerZelda Fuller
- Michael StuhlbargDr. Robert Hoffstetler
- Doug JonesAmphibian Man
- David HewlettFleming
- Nick SearcyGeneral Hoyt
- Stewart ArnottBernard
- Nigel BennettMihalkov
Crew
- Guillermo del ToroDirector
- Vanessa TaylorScreenplay
- Guillermo del ToroScreenplay
- Dan LaustsenDirector of Photography
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney WolinskyEditor
- J. Miles DaleProducer
- Guillermo del ToroProducer
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