Memoir of a Snail
“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
(Special Q&A with Adam Elliot on Sunday, Nov 17th!) From Academy Award winning animator Adam Elliot comes this bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel – a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs. Voiced by a star-studded aussie line up including – Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Magda Szubanski, Dominique Pinon, Tony Armstrong, Paul Capsis, Jacki Weaver.
Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life.
From Academy Award® winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot, MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant, heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.
Join Adam at TPH on Sunday November 17th after his 5.15pm screening for a special Q&A session.
- Rating
- M
- Duration
- 95 MINS