Documentary "The Shape of Water" Tells the Story of a Mennonite Woman and Her Husband Abe

HOLLYWOOD, CA

The big winner at the Oscars this year was Guillermo del Toro’s documentary , which tells the tale of a passionate romance between a Mennonite woman named Helen Elias and a hideous fish-like creature named Abe.

“I think a lot of Mennonite women out there will be able to relate,” said the real-life Mrs. Elias. “I mean, I’m sure I’m not the only one to look at my husband sitting on the couch in his tighty-whiteys, scratching himself, and think, ‘Oba, Helen, just what were you thinking?'”

also known as features a number of lush sensuous scenes between Mrs. Elias and her amphibian husband, though the theme of the film is that love can transcend such differences.

“Just because Abe eats a little too much vereniki and refuses to groom properly, doesn’t mean that we can’t lock