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MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

Year 2024
Runtime 93 mins
Language English
Alberta Premiere

From Academy Award®-winning animator Adam Elliot (MARY AND MAX, CIFF2009) comes this bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman named Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea pigs.

In 1970s Australia, Grace's life is troubled by misfortune and loss. After their mother dies during pregnancy, she and her twin brother, Gilbert, are raised by their paraplegic-alcoholic former juggler father, Percy. Despite a life filled with love, tragedy strikes anew when Percy passes away in his sleep. The siblings are forcibly separated and thrust into separate homes. Gilbert finds himself in the care of a cruel evangelical family, while Grace, grappling with intense loneliness, gradually withdraws into her shell, much like the snails she adopts. As the years pass, and despite new disappointments and sorrows, a glimmer of hope emerges when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman called Pinky.

Countries

Australia
Awards
Winner Cristal Award for Best Feature Film, Annecy Film Festival 2024
Festivals
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival
Director
Adam Elliot
Producer
Adam Eliott, Liz Kearney
Screenwriter
Adam Elliot
Cinematographer
Gerald Thompson
Editor
Bill Murphy
Music
Elena Kats-Chernin
Cast
Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dominique Pinon, Magda Szubanski