Elisa Esposito, who was found abandoned by the side of a river as an infant with scars on her neck, is mute and communicates through sign language. In 1962, during the Cold War, Elisa works as a cleaner at a secret government laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland, and lives a routine life in an apartment above a movie theater. Her next-door neighbor Giles, a closeted gay middle-aged advertising illustrator, and Zelda, a fellow cleaner at the laboratory, appear to be her only friends.
Colonel Richard Strickland captures a mysterious creature from a South American river and takes it to the Baltimore facility for study. Curious, Elisa discovers it is a humanoid amphibian and begins visiting him in secret, forming a bond.
When Elisa overhears the Americans’ plans for the Amphibian Man, she enlists the help of Giles and Zelda to liberate him. Despite initial hesitations, they successfully manage to get the creature to Elisa’s apartment and plan for his release into a nearby canal.
As tensions rise and the Amphibian Man’s health deteriorates, General Hoyt and Strickland become determined to recover him. A series of events lead to a dramatic confrontation at the canal, resulting in a violent showdown and a surprising turn of events.
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