Memoir of a Snail

95 min | 17 Oct 2024

Mature themes, coarse language and sexual references

From Academy Award winning animator Adam Elliot comes this bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-

Grace Pudel is 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. From Academy Award® winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot, MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant, heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

Director
Adam Elliot
Cast
Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Magda Szubanski, Dominique Pinon, Paul Capsis
Genre
Animation
Rating
M (Mature themes, coarse language and sexual references)
Release Date
17 October 2024
Runtime
95 min