Product Overview
Memoir of a Snail is the story of Grace Pudel, a book-loving, snail-collecting misfit who falls into a series of misfortunes after being separated from her twin brother Gilbert. Despite her hardships, inspiration and hope arise when Grace begins a friendship with an eccentric elderly woman named Pinky. This stop-motion feature is a heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.
Featuring the voices of Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver, Nick Cave, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Jacki Weaver, Magda Szubanski, Dominique Pinon, Tony Armstrong and Paul Capsis.
Curriculum Links:
Memoir of a Snail would be suitable for students in Years 9–12 in the learning areas of:
- English
- Media/Film Studies
- Health and Physical Education
The film has relevance to the general capabilities of:
- Literacy
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Personal and Social Capability
- Ethical Understanding
The study guide for Memoir of a Snail examines the following topics:
- Personal trauma
- Mental health and healing
- Connections between past and present
- What is an auteur?
- Film animation: stop motion and ‘clayography’
- The power of literary and visual metaphor in storytelling
- The flashback as a literary and cinematic narrative device
- Film/media analysis of selected sequences
- Creating a range of illustrative and written material through understanding, synthesising and adapting information derived from the film and further reading
