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)

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    Magda Szubanski

    Ruth Appleby (voice)

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    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)

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 depression, shortcomings, and letdowns. There are two people in the world that Grace feels comfortable with: her twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and her best friend Pinky (Jacki Weaver). Their mother died during childbirth and their father is a drunk paraplegic who is a former street performer and animator from F...