Oscar favourite The Shape of Water in plagiarism row

Fantasy film follows janitor in secret lab who falls for a manlike sea creature

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Sally Hawkins stars in Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-nominated movie

The son of Pulitzer-winning playwright Paul Zindel has claimed that the plot to multi-Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water is “obviously derived” from a 1969 play by his father.

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