A ★★★★ review of Memoir of a Snail (2024)

Fantasy Filmfest 2025 - Nights [English] There are films that struggle to develop a good idea and, with a bit of luck, the right staging can make it work. “Memoir of a Snail”, however, is bursting with ideas and is able to combine subtle punchlines with dark themes of the human condition. Grace tells her story off-screen about her childhood and her life in Australia in the 1970s, where she lives with her twin brother Gilbert. When they are separated by child services, Grace hoards snails and all sorts of things that look like snails. Adam Elliot stays true to