MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
After a series of misfortunes, a snail-collecting, melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of everyday life.
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SYNOPSIS
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.
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Released
October 25, 2024
Distributed by
IFC Films
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Country
Australia
SUBTITLES
None
RATED R
for animated nudity, some violent content, and sexual content
REVIEWS
“MEMOIR OF A SNAIL isn’t trying to trick you. It just wants to crawl steadily, slowly, and warmly into your heart.”
“There’s an ingenuousness and innocence to MEMOIR OF A SNAIL, a family-entertainment approachability that belies a strange intensity.”
“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.”
“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.”