Memoir of a Snail
"Life can only be understood backwards, but we have to live it forwards."
AnimationDramaComedy
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
🎬 DirectorAdam Elliot
📅 Release2024-10-17
🌍 CountryAustralia
🗣 LanguageFrench, English
🏢 StudioArenamedia, MIFF Premiere Fund
🗳 Votes752
🔥 Popularity5
💰 Budget$4,350,000
💵 Revenue$7
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🎭 Cast
Sarah Snook
Grace (voice)
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Gilbert (voice)
Jacki Weaver
Pinky (voice)
Magda Szubanski
Ruth Appleby (voice)
Dominique Pinon
Percy Pudel (voice)
Tony Armstrong
Ken (voice)
Paul Capsis
Ian / Narelle (voice)
Eric Bana
James the Magistrate (voice)
Bernie Clifford
Owen Appleby (voice)
Davey Thompson
Ben Appleby (voice)
Charlotte Belsey
Young Grace (voice)
Mason Litsos
Young Gilbert (voice)
Nick Cave
Bill Clarke (voice)
Agnes Davison
Additional Young Grace (voice)
Daniel Agdag
Doctor (voice)
🎥 Crew
Executive Producer
Robert Connolly
Producer
Adam Elliot
Producer
Liz Kearney
Director of Photography
Gerald Thompson
Writer
Adam Elliot
Director
Adam Elliot
Editor
Bill Murphy
Executive Producer
Robert Patterson
Camera Operator
Mark Kenfield
Sound Designer
David Williams
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🏷 Keywords
depressiondifficult childhooddeath of fatherstop motionfoster familyadult animationdeath in childbirthbroken familyclaymationbrother sister relationshipsnail
💬 Reviews
It feels great to laugh straight after you’ve just welled up. The characters in Memoir of a Snail, the new animated tale from Academy Award winner Adam Elliot, feel authentically real to us - and even though Elliot includes jokes, he doesn’t joke ABOUT them. He lays them bare to us with respect, and imbues his odd menagerie with… well, with dignity. Which is a funny thing to say abou…
Australian animator and filmmaker Adam Elliot’s last full-length feature film was Mary and Max (2009). Memoir of a Snail is narrated and told from the point of view of Grace Pudel (Sarah Snook). Grace details her life story that finds humor and sentimentality in the face of depression, shortcomings, and letdowns. There are two people in the world that Grace feels comfortable with: her twin br…
When an elderly lady gives out her last breath, and yells something about potatoes, we realise that “Grace” is now on her own. She’s a middle aged woman wearing a knitted hat with two big eyes poking from stalks on the top. She’s what you might call a glass half empty sort of person, and as she releases her pet snail “Sylvia” from her jar into the vegetable garden she begins to regale …
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