MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

2024
1 HR, 34 min
NOV 8 → NOV 21

Details

Released October 25, 2024

Australia

1 hour, 34 minutes

IFC Films

None

Starring

Sarah Snook
Eric Bana
Jackie Weaver
Kodi Smit-McPhee

Director

Adam Elliot

Film Information

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.

Film Stills

Full Cast

Sarah Snook

Eric Bana

Jackie Weaver

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Additional Credits

Adam Elliot Director

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Reviews

“MEMOIR OF A SNAIL isn’t trying to trick you. It just wants to crawl steadily, slowly, and warmly into your heart.”

Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

“There’s an ingenuousness and innocence to MEMOIR OF A SNAIL, a family-entertainment approachability that belies a strange intensity.”

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

“Whimsy in Elliot’s films is mixed with sadness and grime, but the animation auteur wants the audience to see the value in both the large and small lessons of life. MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a miracle of compassion.”

Nadine Whitney

AWFJ.org

“Sorrowful and poignant, but above all uplifting, this is a love letter to family of all shapes and sizes, and a reminder of the simple power found in human (and gastropod) connection.”

Lisa Nystrom

FILMINK.com