In this Oscar-nominated tragicomedy, Sarah Snook is the voice of a loner whose relentless misfortune is tempered only by a bond with her pet snails.
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.
From Academy Award-winning writer and director Adam Elliot, Memoir of a Snail is a heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.
Directed by: Adam Elliot
Screenplay: Adam Elliot
Cast: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Magda Szubanski, Dominique Pinon, Tony Armstrong, Paul Capsis
Production: Liz Kearney, Adam Elliot
Country: Australia
Year: 2024
Running time: 94 min.
Age category: 14+
An Oscar winning and two-time Oscar nominated animation auteur. Based in Melbourne Australia, his films have a cult following and are what he calls, Clayographies, clay animated biographies based on the bittersweet lives of his family and friends. He has created seven films so far; Memoir of a Snail, Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet, Ernie Biscuit, Brother, Cousin and Uncle. They have been voiced by some of the world’s leading actors, including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Snook, Geoffrey Rush, Jacki Weaver, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana, Toni Collette, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Nick Cave. Viewed by millions of people around the world his works have participated in over a thousand film festivals and won over 130 awards, including an Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet, and an Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe nomination for Memoir of a Snail. His first feature film, Mary and Max, had its world premiere on the Opening Night of Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival, and in 2010 it was included in IMDB’s Top 250 Films of all time. His second feature, Memoir of a Snail, was released in 2024 and has become a global sensation and his most successful film.
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