Memoir of a Snail
Schedule
Wed, 05 Mar, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Dove Street South, Bristol | Bristol, EN
Memoir of a SnailDir: Adam Elliot, 2024, Australia, 95 min, Cert: 15
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Wed 5 March // 20:00
Tickets: £5
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 fire-breathing 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.
This exquisitely hand-crafted stop-motion wonder from the Academy Award-winning® writer and director Adam Elliot (Mary and Max), is an affecting coming-of-age tale like no other. As it traces one downtrodden young woman’s journey to overcome loss and embrace herself, this bittersweet yet uplifting film also unfolds as a family saga across 1970s Australia on an intimate scale.
'A film that’s as heart-tugging as it is technically impressive, a work of both emotional resonance and great physical detail using only clay, wire, paper and paint' - Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press
Doors open 30 minutes before advertised start time. All film screenings are ad-free and 18+ unless otherwise stated, and start with no more than a 10 min selection of trailers.
