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A first trailer has arrived for the Mexican filmmaker's latest fantasy.
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Writer-director Guillermo Del Toro's latest is a cold-war era thriller set in 1963, starring Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer as a pair of government workers who stumble across a secret experiment. A first trailer and the above snippet of artwork have just hit the web.
The Shape of Water hits UK/ROI cinemas February 16th 2018.
The official synopsis reads:
The official synopsis reads:
From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER - an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.