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Memoir of a Snail (2024)

R10/17/2024Animation, Drama, Comedy1h 34m
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Life can only be understood backwards, but we have to live it forwards.

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Sarah Snook

    Grace (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Kodi Smit-McPhee

    Gilbert (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Jacki Weaver

    Pinky (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Magda Szubanski

    Ruth Appleby (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Dominique Pinon

    Percy Pudel (voice)

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    Tony Armstrong

    Ken (voice)

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    Paul Capsis

    Ian / Narelle (voice)

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    Eric Bana

    James the Magistrate (voice)

  9. Bernie Clifford

    Owen Appleby (voice)

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, deeply philosophical storytelling, and it’s just a beautiful film from start to finish. Crafted with painstaking detail, the film is a bittersweet memoir of Grace Pudel (voice of Sarah Snook), a woman overcome with melancholy in 1970s Australia. When she was younger, Grace and her twin brother Gilbert (voice of Kodi...