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Memoir of a Snail

A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea pigs.

Director

Adam Elliot

Year

Genre

animation, drama

Box Office

$625,459

Production

Arenamedia,Screen Australia

Awards

8 wins & 54 nominations total

Homepage

http://adamelliot.com.au/

Pinky

Grace Pudel

Young Grace

Charlotte Belsey

Additional Young Grace

Young Gilbert

Doctor

James The Magistrate

Bert

Percy Pudel

Dominique Pinon

Annie Pudel

Denise Floyd

Ian

Teacher

Dwayne Appleby

Shayne Appleby

Ben Appleby

Ruth Appleby

Magda Szubanski

Owen Appleby

Bernie Clifford

Hector Santamaria

Alexander Esenarro Santafe

Bill Clarke

Crossing Kid Hedley

Crossing Kid Clancy

Crossing Kid Gracey

Headmaster

Nursing Home Resident Mavis

Craig Ross

Craig 'Rossi' Ross

Laughter Club Vicki

Ken

Sylvia

Gilbert Pudel

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Additional Adult Voices

Klaus Banadinovich

Additional Adult Voices

Charlotte Culshaw

Additional Adult Voices

Additional Adult Voices

Additional Kids Voices

Wilhelmina Elliot

Additional Adult Voices

Additional Kids Voices

Additional Kids Voices

Additional Adult Voices

Additional Kids Voices

Additional Kids Voices

Devanjana Rajesh

Additional Adult Voices

Additional Adult Voices

Additional Kids Voices

Additional Adult Voices

Additional Adult Voices

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Overall

5.0

Story

5.0

Aesthetics

5.0

Acting

5.0

Sound

4.0

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(SIGHS) - Memoir of a Snail

(WHEEZY BREATH) - Memoir of a Snail

(WHEEZY BREATH)

Farewell, Pinky. - Memoir of a Snail

Farewell, Pinky.

Pinky, what do you mean? - Memoir of a Snail

Pinky, what do you mean?

I wasn't always this alone. - Memoir of a Snail

I wasn't always this alone.

Dad used to say that childhood was like being drunk - Memoir of a Snail

Dad used to say that childhood was like being drunk

Be free, Sylvia. - Memoir of a Snail

Be free, Sylvia.

I'd always liked
feeling caged in, - Memoir of a Snail

I'd always liked feeling caged in,

My childhood was full of people. - Memoir of a Snail

My childhood was full of people.

Everyone remembers what you did
except you. - Memoir of a Snail

Everyone remembers what you did except you.

I was named
Grace Prudence Pudel. - Memoir of a Snail

I was named Grace Prudence Pudel.

I remember everything
right from the start. - Memoir of a Snail

I remember everything right from the start.

I'd always liked
feeling caged in. - Memoir of a Snail

I'd always liked feeling caged in.

I wasn't fully baked
and looked like a baby rabbit. - Memoir of a Snail

I wasn't fully baked and looked like a baby rabbit.

We left her womb - Memoir of a Snail

We left her womb

My twin brother Gilbert. - Memoir of a Snail

My twin brother Gilbert.

The nurse said we had two souls
but one heart. - Memoir of a Snail

The nurse said we had two souls but one heart.

Our birth was very strenuous
for Mum, and she died. - Memoir of a Snail

Our birth was very strenuous for Mum, and she died.

Mother snails do the same
after they've had their babies. - Memoir of a Snail

Mother snails do the same after they've had their babie...

Eventually, they needed to
fix my floppy lip. - Memoir of a Snail

Eventually, they needed to fix my floppy lip.

(AIR HISSES GENTLY) - Memoir of a Snail

(AIR HISSES GENTLY)

As I grew older, I suffered
a smorgasbord of afflictions. - Memoir of a Snail

As I grew older, I suffered a smorgasbord of afflictions.

I was always back in hospital
for something. - Memoir of a Snail

I was always back in hospital for something.

The doctors said I was
like a China doll - Memoir of a Snail

The doctors said I was like a China doll

The doctor asked Gilbert
if he'd give me his. - Memoir of a Snail

The doctor asked Gilbert if he'd give me his.

(INDISTINCT) - Memoir of a Snail

I lost so much blood
I needed a transfusion. - Memoir of a Snail

I lost so much blood I needed a transfusion.

(ALL GASP) - Memoir of a Snail

He said yes - Memoir of a Snail

- (MUSIC BOX PLAYS ALOUETTE)
- GRACE: Ooh! - Memoir of a Snail

- (MUSIC BOX PLAYS ALOUETTE) - GRACE: Ooh!

He became
everyone's hero that night, - Memoir of a Snail

He became everyone's hero that night,

To cheer me up, Dad gave me
Mum's old jewelry box. - Memoir of a Snail

To cheer me up, Dad gave me Mum's old jewelry box.

Inside, it had her snail
collection and her ring. - Memoir of a Snail

Inside, it had her snail collection and her ring.

She had loved snails as well
and had been a malacologist. - Memoir of a Snail

She had loved snails as well and had been a malacologist.

Ooh I'm gonna wear this till the day I die Gracie - Memoir of a Snail

Ooh I'm gonna wear this till the day I die Gracie

Despite my woes, Sylvia, - Memoir of a Snail

Despite my woes, Sylvia,

Gilbert's glass
was half-empty, though. - Memoir of a Snail

Gilbert's glass was half-empty, though.

It seemed like he had a secret
he wanted to tell. - Memoir of a Snail

It seemed like he had a secret he wanted to tell.

(BELL RINGS) - Memoir of a Snail

ALL: (CHANT)
Rabbit face, rabbit face, - Memoir of a Snail

ALL: (CHANT) Rabbit face, rabbit face,

(WHIMPERS) - Memoir of a Snail

Seemed like he had a secret
he wanted to tell. - Memoir of a Snail

Seemed like he had a secret he wanted to tell.

He was like Holden Caulfield,
James Dean, - Memoir of a Snail

He was like Holden Caulfield, James Dean,

(GROWLS) - Memoir of a Snail

Rabbit face! Rabbit face! - Memoir of a Snail

Rabbit face! Rabbit face!

(SQUEALS AND GASPS) - Memoir of a Snail

(SQUEALS AND GASPS)

He said that
he's able to lay eggs, - Memoir of a Snail

He said that he's able to lay eggs,

A place where we felt safe
to read our books - Memoir of a Snail

A place where we felt safe to read our books

They were my friends, - Memoir of a Snail

They were my friends,

I knew they'd never leave me, - Memoir of a Snail

I knew they'd never leave me,

I loved my bedroom. - Memoir of a Snail

I loved my bedroom.

It's where everything
was just so. - Memoir of a Snail

It's where everything was just so.

Right angles brought me
enormous comfort - Memoir of a Snail

Right angles brought me enormous comfort

(MAN SNORES) - Memoir of a Snail

Or die. - Memoir of a Snail

Save the homeless. - Memoir of a Snail

Save the homeless.

Good on ya, little possum.
Good on ya. - Memoir of a Snail

Good on ya, little possum. Good on ya.

He was once a magistrate, - Memoir of a Snail

He was once a magistrate,

One Christmas, I covered him
in decorations - Memoir of a Snail

One Christmas, I covered him in decorations

(INDISTINCT MURMURING) - Memoir of a Snail

(INDISTINCT MURMURING)

He loved his tea. - Memoir of a Snail

He loved his tea.

He told me to put her
in a big jar - Memoir of a Snail

He told me to put her in a big jar

He once told me - Memoir of a Snail

He once told me

(GILBERT SIGHS) - Memoir of a Snail

(GILBERT SIGHS)

(SQUAWKS) - Memoir of a Snail

(SQUAWKS CONFUSEDLY) - Memoir of a Snail

(SQUAWKS CONFUSEDLY)

While I was busy trying
to save the world, - Memoir of a Snail

While I was busy trying to save the world,

- (CONTINUES BANGING CAGE)
- (MILDRED SQUAWKS) - Memoir of a Snail

- (CONTINUES BANGING CAGE) - (MILDRED SQUAWKS)

Once, he let our
neighbor's cockatoo escape. - Memoir of a Snail

Once, he let our neighbor's cockatoo escape.

(WHIMPERS) - Memoir of a Snail

Gilbert said Mildred
never seemed so happy. - Memoir of a Snail

Gilbert said Mildred never seemed so happy.

If he wasn't letting animals
free, he was rescuing them. - Memoir of a Snail

If he wasn't letting animals free, he was rescuing them...

(LAUGHS) - Memoir of a Snail

Gilbert loved animals
so much he became a vegetarian. - Memoir of a Snail

Gilbert loved animals so much he became a vegetarian.

GILBERT: They hatched, Gracie!
Babies! - Memoir of a Snail

GILBERT: They hatched, Gracie! Babies!

Ohh, now she's got a boyfriend. - Memoir of a Snail

Ohh, now she's got a boyfriend.

Your swirl went opposite
to the others. - Memoir of a Snail

Your swirl went opposite to the others.

They've hatched Gracie. Babies! - Memoir of a Snail

They've hatched Gracie. Babies!

You became my favorite, Sylvia. - Memoir of a Snail

You became my favorite, Sylvia.

He'd spend hours
playing with fire. - Memoir of a Snail

He'd spend hours playing with fire.

Gilbert named you
after Mum's favorite author. - Memoir of a Snail

Gilbert named you after Mum's favorite author.

But the thing
that made Gilbert really unique - Memoir of a Snail

But the thing that made Gilbert really unique

At school, the girls swooned. - Memoir of a Snail

At school, the girls swooned.

He was the flame,
they were the moths. - Memoir of a Snail

He was the flame, they were the moths.

And spend all his pocket money
at Bert's. - Memoir of a Snail

And spend all his pocket money at Bert's.

I remember how he always
smelt like burnt matches. - Memoir of a Snail

I remember how he always smelt like burnt matches.

Someone who might offer you
boiled lollies. - Memoir of a Snail

Someone who might offer you boiled lollies.

But he was more interested
in reading and magic. - Memoir of a Snail

But he was more interested in reading and magic.

I think he just
wanted to disappear - Memoir of a Snail

I think he just wanted to disappear

Bert was the type of person - Memoir of a Snail

Bert was the type of person

Memoir of a Snail poster

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A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea pigs.

User Rating: 5.0 (1 rating)

Director: Adam Elliot

Writer: Adam Elliot

Production: Arenamedia,Screen Australia

Genre: animation, drama

Year: 2024

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $625,459

Released: 17 Oct 2024

Awards: 8 wins & 54 nominations total

Homepage: http://adamelliot.com.au/