The most acclaimed film of the Annecy Festival comes to save the animation cinema of 2024. Trailer for ‘Memoirs of a Snail’

2024 is not being a great year for animated films. Regardless of how ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ and ‘Inside Out 2’ have performed at the box office, neither has received reviews that put them through the roof. Will ‘Memoirs of a Snail’ be the film that crowns the animated year? So far, its first trailer looks very good.

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Animated film fans are still, as the kid from ‘The Incredibles’ would say, waiting for something amazing to happen. Leaving aside the ‘Haikyuu!!’ movie (who plays in his own league), None of the most anticipated animated releases are turning out to be the great title they promisedalthough that can still change.

One of the titles that could surprise us and sneak into the top of the best animated films of 2024 is ‘Memoirs of a snail’, the film that won the Cristal award for best feature film at the last Annecy Festival.

The movie of stop motion It is supported not only by critics and awards, but by a technical sheet headed by Adam Elliottdirector and screenwriter also of the Oscar-winning short film ‘Harvie Krumpet’ and ‘Mary and Max’, considered one of the best animated films in history.

‘Memoirs of a snail’ tells us the story of a lonely and misfit girl named Grace Pudel, whose main passion is collecting snail figurines and read romantic novels. A tragic event separates her from her family and that will cause her deep pain that she will have to learn to deal with.

The Australian film clay motion (indeed, the animation has been done with plasticine characters) It has taken eight years to become a reality and features Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jackie Weaver in its original voice cast. In Australia it will be released on October 17, 2024 and here we still do not have a date, but the distributor has confirmed that will be released in Spain “soon”.

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