Photograph copyright
2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Courtesy La Biennale
di Venezia
The
Shape of Water
Guillermo del
Toro
The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro with Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard
Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer is an other-worldly fairy tale,
set against the backdrop of Cold War
era America circa 1962. In the
hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of
isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified
experiment.
photograph by Mathieu Young –
courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
“…Love is real—absolutely real—and, like water, it is the most gentle
and most powerful force in the Universe. It is free and formless until it pours
into its recipient, until we let it in. Our eyes are blind. But our soul is
not. It recognizes love in whatever shape it comes to us.”
Guillermo del Toro
Director
Contessanally – The
Shape of the Water enjoyable love story between a mute girl and a
monster 8/10
Ellen Italian Police Dog
#Venice 74 – Palazzo del Cinema – Sala Grande
Ellen is an
Italian Police dog, explosive is written on her collar. She was very frisky
when I met her; she was ready to go to work, keeping us save. Thank-you
beautiful Labrador.