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The Shape of Water (15)
8th March 2018 7:45 pm
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BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 2018
At the height of the Cold War, in a secret US laboratory, a young, mute caretaker begins to communicate with an exotic, indeterminate and lethal amphibian. Elisa, whose only friends are her gay artist neighbour and a fellow cleaner, is alarmed that research head Strickland sees the creature as nothing more than an oversized lab rat. As the bond between Elisa and the monster grows, so do the threats from beyond. Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) intertwines classic 1950s B-movie sci-fi, horror and gothic romance to spellbinding effect, his singular vision softened by the candour that emanates from Hawkins’ presence. The cinematography and Alexandre Desplat’s hypnotic score are wonderful, and ultimately this is a film about love, shape-shifting though it may be, and tolerance.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer
US, 2017, 2 hours 3 minutes
