In Guillermo del Toro’s latest film The Shape of Water, a mute cleaning lady falls in love with a mysterious fishman. It’s a weird premise, to be sure, but nothing about how it’s handled feels weird. Instead, del Toro’s film is poetic, sumptuous, emotionally complex, and yet almost strikingly simple in its narrative.
Source: Gizmodo – Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water Is a Beautiful Love Story Where the Story Doesn’t Matter