
Overview
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Details
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Writer
- Guillermo del Toro
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $19,500,000
Cast
David Hewlett
Doug Jones
Michael Shannon
Michael Stuhlbarg
Nick Searcy
Nigel Bennett
Octavia Spencer
Richard Jenkins
Sally Hawkins
Stewart Arnott
Keywords
1960s
amphibious creature
baltimore
usa
bathtub
capture
cold war
dramatic
fairy tale
fishman
government
laboratory
magic realism
orphan
romantic
scientist
sign languages
supernatural
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