The Shape of Water takes best picture at the Oscars

Atheer – External Sources

Fantastical romance The Shape of Water won best picture during Sunday’s Oscars ceremony.

According to Reuters, the Fox Searchlight movie’s Mexican filmmaker, Guillermo del Toro, took home the best director Oscar..

The movie about a mute cleaning woman who falls in love with a strange river creature had gone into the ceremony with a leading thirteen nominations and won a total of four Academy Awards.

Gary Oldman was named best actor for playing World War Two leader Winston Churchill in Warner Bros’ Darkest Hour, while Frances McDormand’s woman in a fury was a popular best actress winner for Fox Searchlight’s dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.