Memoir of a Snail

Australia 2024, 94 minutes
Dir. Adam Elliot
Rating: [M] Violence, drug references & sexual references
Genres: Drama / Animation

Topics: Stop-motion.

“It’s a gorgeous film, but it’s also an emotionally intelligent movie, one that shifts and flows between comedy and tragedy, reminding us that life can only be lived forwards.”~Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

Aroview: Another sublime stop-motion animated feature from Adam Elliot (Mary & Max) that chronicles the life of an outsider in poignant and hilarious detail.

Sarah Snook (Succession) voices Grace Pudel, a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life.

Other voices are provided by Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, Dominique Pinon, Paul Capsis and Nick Cave.