The Shape of Water

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drama film film romantic fantasy film

The Shape of Water is a 2017 romantic fantasy film that blends a Cold War-era fairy tale with themes of otherness and empathy, directed by Guillermo del Toro.

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama film → film → romantic fantasy film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Original Score → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Production Design →
character	Amphibian Man → Elisa Esposito → Giles → Richard Strickland → Zelda Fuller →
cinematographer	Dan Laustsen →
composer	Alexandre Desplat →
countryOfOrigin	Canada → United States →
director	Guillermo del Toro →
distributor	Fox Searchlight Pictures →
editor	Sidney Wolinsky →
genre	drama → fairy tale → romantic fantasy → science fiction →
language	English →
leadActor	Doug Jones → Michael Shannon → Octavia Spencer → Richard Jenkins → Sally Hawkins →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actress → Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Sound Editing → Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
premiereEvent	74th Venice International Film Festival →
producer	Guillermo del Toro → J. Miles Dale →
productionCompany	Fox Searchlight Pictures → TSG Entertainment →
releaseYear	2017 →
runtimeMinutes	123 →
screenwriter	Guillermo del Toro → Vanessa Taylor →
setInPeriod	Cold War →
settingLocation	Baltimore →
theme	disability → empathy → love → otherness → xenophobia →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexandre Desplat → Bertha Navarro → Dan Laustsen → Guillermo del Toro →	notableWork
Doug Jones →	appearedIn
Guillermo del Toro →	directed