If I spoke about it- If I did- what would I tell you, I wonder? Would I tell you about the time...? It happened a long time ago- in the last days of a fair Prince’s reign... Or would I tell you about the place? A small city near the coast but far from everything else... Or would I tell you about her? The princess without voice...
The Shape of Water (2017)
GILES / NARRATOR
A screenplay character in The Shape of Water (2017).
- lines
- 5
- words
- 194
- scenes
- 2
- dialogue
- 2.4%
- avg words / line
- 39
- shortest / longest
- 29 / 67
Sample dialogue
If I spoke about it- If I did- what would I tell you, I wonder? Would I tell you about the time...? It happened a long time ago- in the last days of a fair Prince’s reign... Or would I tell you about the place? A small city near the coast but far from everything else... Or would I tell you about her? The princess without voice...
scene 1 — INT. ELISA’S APARTMENT / RIVER FOOTAGE - NIGHT“Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere.”
scene 181, source scene 210 — EXT. DOCKS / CANAL - EARLY DAWNOr perhaps I would just warn you of the about the truth of these facts and the tale of love and loss and the monster that tried to destroy it all...
scene 1 — INT. ELISA’S APARTMENT / RIVER FOOTAGE - NIGHTIf I told you about it- What would I Say? That they lived happily ever after? I believe they did... That they were in love- that they remained in love? I’m sure that is true...
scene 181, source scene 210 — EXT. DOCKS / CANAL - EARLY DAWNBut when I think of her, of Elisa- all that comes to mind is a poem. Made of just a few truthful words... Whispered by someone in love, hundreds of years ago...
scene 181, source scene 210 — EXT. DOCKS / CANAL - EARLY DAWN
Bookends
“Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere.”