A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel – a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea pigs.
Grace Pudel is a desperately lonely woman in middle age; she is a reclusive hoarder, surrounded by chaos and snail memorabilia. But she wasn’t always like this. She is a twin and very close to her brother Gilbert who as a child was a pyromaniac, but only because he wanted to be a fire-breathing street entertainer on the romantic streets of Paris. When grim fate makes them orphans, a callous state system splits the two up, putting Grace and Gilbert on opposite sides of the vast Australian continent.
There’s an ingenuousness and innocence to Memoir of a Snail, a family-entertainment approachability that belies a strange intensity. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable watch. – Peter Bradshaw
Englische Originalfassung mit Englischem Untertitel
AUS 2024; 95 min.; Director: Adam Elliot
Cast: Jacki Weaver, Sarah Snook, Charlotte Belsey a. o.