
Overview:
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.Status: | Released (2024-10-17) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 70 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $669,798 |
Screen: | Adam Elliot |
Productions: | Arenamedia, Screen Australia, Snails Pace Films, Soundfirm |
Production Countries: | Australia |
Spoken Languages: | Français, English |




Casts
- 235416: Sarah Snook - Grace (voice)
- 113505: Kodi Smit-McPhee - Gilbert (voice)
- 67837: Jacki Weaver - Pinky (voice)
- 45586: Magda Szubanski - Ruth Appleby (voice)
- 2413: Dominique Pinon - Percy Pudel (voice)
- 3043430: Tony Armstrong - Ken (voice)
- 75656: Paul Capsis - Ian / Narelle (voice)
Crews
- 2172727: Robert Patterson - Executive Producer - Production
- 92733: Adam Elliot - Producer - Production
- 75725: Robert Connolly - Executive Producer - Production
- 92733: Adam Elliot - Writer - Writing
- 92733: Adam Elliot - Director - Directing
- 1323511: Liz Kearney - Producer - Production
- 92740: Gerald Thompson - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
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Review text:
It feels great to laugh straight after you’ve just welled up. The characters in Memoir of a Snail, the new animated tale from Academy Award winner Adam Elliot, feel authentically real to us - and even though Elliot includes jokes, he doesn’t joke ABOUT them. He lays them bare ....
Continue reading ->Chris Sawin
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Australian animator and filmmaker Adam Elliot’s last full-length feature film was Mary and Max (2009). Memoir of a Snail is narrated and told from the point of view of Grace Pudel (Sarah Snook). Grace details her life story that finds humor and sentimentality in the face of depressio ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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When an elderly lady gives out her last breath, and yells something about potatoes, we realise that “Grace” is now on her own. She’s a middle aged woman wearing a knitted hat with two big eyes poking from stalks on the top. She’s what you might call a glass half empty sort of person, ....
Continue reading ->Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
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It’s been a long time since I’ve been moved by a piece of cinema as much as I was with “Memoir of a Snail,” a dark, profound, and highly personal stop-motion film from writer / director Adam Elliot . This work of animation confirms the power of the medium as a vessel for mature, deep ....
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