1962 Baltimore. Elisa Esposito, found abandoned as a baby with scars on her neck, has been mute all her life, that disability which has largely led to her not having opportunities. Despite being a bright woman, she works a manual labor job as a cleaner at a military research facility where she has long been friends with fellow cleaner, Zelda Fuller, who often translates her sign language to others at the facility. And she has had no romance in her life, her major emotional support, beyond Zelda, being her aging gay artist neighbor, Giles, the two who live in adjoining apartment units above a movie theater.
Like Elisa, Giles is lonely, his homosexuality complicating both his personal and professional life, the latter as a commercial graphic artist. Elisa's life changes when Colonel Richard Strickland brings a new "asset" into the facility, Elisa discovering it being a seeming mixed human/amphibious creature found in the waters of the Amazon. Secretly visiting with the creature, Elisa is immediately drawn to him, and despite he having a violent side as part of his inherent being, the two find a way to communicate with each other and end up forming a bond with each other.
Elisa has to decide what to do when she discovers that although the reason for bringing the creature to the facility is to test the possibility of him being sent into space, Colonel Strickland, who has always had antagonistic feelings toward the creature, ultimately wants to kill him, this following the systematic torture he has inflicted on him. Elisa may have to balance her feelings on wanting to be with the creature against what may be the greater benefit to him of being set free back into the wilds of the water.
Complicating matters are that the Soviets are also aware of the creature, they having a secret agent who has infiltrated the facility.
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La Forme de l'eau
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You'll Never Know
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Harry Warren:
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The Story of Ruth
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I Went to Market
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Babalu
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Space Race
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Pretty Baby
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Fashion Parade
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Hello Frisco
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Monty's Moustache Wax
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Dreamin'
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I Know Why (and So Do You)
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Flitting About
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How Wrong Can I Be
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Theme from A Summer Place
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Chica Chica Boom Chic
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I'll Remember Tonight
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Semper Fidelis
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Comedy Bridge #68
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La Javanaise
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You Rang
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The Spirit of V.M.I.
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Cues from the Episode 'The Hunted'
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Cues
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You'll Never Know
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Harry Warren:
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Monty's Moustache Wax
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Gene Buck:
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Dreamin'
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Gene Buck:
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Ochi Chernye
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Harry Warren:
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I'll Remember Tonight
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Sammy Fain:
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The Wide Missouri (Shenandoah)
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Tommy Sands:
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The Shape Of Water
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Alexandre Desplat:
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The Creature
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Elisa's Theme
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Fingers
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Spy Meeting
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Elisa And Zelda
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Five Stars General
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Alexandre Desplat:
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The Silence Of Love
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Egg
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Alexandre Desplat:
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That Isn't Good
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Underwater Kiss
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Alexandre Desplat:
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The Escape
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Watching Ruth
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Decency
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Alexandre Desplat:
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He's Coming For You
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Overflow Of Love
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Without You
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Rainy Day
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Alexandre Desplat:
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A Princess Without A Voice
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Alexandre Desplat:
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La Javanaise (Madeleine Peyroux)
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Alexandre Desplat:
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I Know Why (And So Do You) (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra)
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Chica Chica Boom Chic (Carmen Miranda)
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Alexandre Desplat:
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Babalu (Caterina Valente & Silvio Francesco)
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Alexandre Desplat:
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A Summer Place (Andy Williams)
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Alexandre Desplat:
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You'll Never Know (Alternative Version)
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Alexandre Desplat:
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