Los Angeles, Mar.5- Fantastical romance “The Shape of Water” won best picture, the film industry’s most prestigious honour, at last evening’s Oscar ceremony.
Mexican filmmaker, Guillermo del Toro, took home the best director Oscar, dashing the hopes of a rare win by a woman or a black filmmaker. The movie about a mute cleaning woman who falls in love with a strange river creature had gone into the ceremony with a leading 13 nominations, and won a total of four Academy Awards.






