Memoir of a Snail

Opened Friday, October 25, 2024

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Please note that there are additional showtimes of MEMOIR OF A SNAIL that screen with open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.

Friday, October 25 & Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m.: Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Adam Elliot

Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life. From Academy Award-winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot, Memoir of a Snail is a poignant, heart felt, hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

An IFC Films release.

“Charming, funny, tear-inducing…a gentle, touching, bitter-but-ultimately-sweet fable with a warming message: It’s OK to leave your shell behind.” – Austin Chronicle

Additional showtimes for Oct 25-31 available on Oct 21.

  • Country Australia
  • Running Time 94 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor IFC Films
  • Director Adam Elliot
  • Cast Eric Bana, Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver, Dominique Pinon
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio

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