About the title
Marcel is a sea shell wearing tiny shoes. He lives with his grandmother Connie and wants to find his family, from whom he was forced to part. Once they were part of a large community of shells, and now they live alone, as the only survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amid the clutter of his rented home, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and new hope of finding his long-lost family.