Memoir of a Snail
STARTS NOVEMBER 15
In 1970s Australia, Grace's and her twin brother, Gilbert, are being raised by their alcoholic former juggler father. When he dies, the siblings are forcibly separated and thrust into separate homes. Grace, grappling with intense loneliness, gradually withdraws into her shell, much like the snails she adopts. As the years pass, and despite new disappointments and sorrows, a glimmer of hope emerges when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman called Pinky. Adam Elliott directs an all-star cast (Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver) in this animated story. (R)
"Adam Elliot is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker... No one else tells these kind of stories the way he does." Alex Billington, Firstshowing.net
"Elliot time and again marries darkness and light, sweetness with sour to create a satisfying emotional umami" Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film