<P> The Shape of Water is a 2017 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor . It stars Sally Hawkins , Michael Shannon , Richard Jenkins , Doug Jones , Michael Stuhlbarg , and Octavia Spencer . Set in Baltimore in 1962 , the story follows a mute custodian at a high - security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature . </P>
what is the movie called the shape of water about
a mute custodian at a high - security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature