Marie (2016 film)

Maria is a 2016 American-British-Russian comedy computer/traditonal animated adventure film directed by Carlos Saldahna, distributed by Blue Sky Studios.

Plot
Masha Popugaeva - young girl 14 years old - lives in Russia with her loving parents, little guinea pig named Niusha and Standard smooth-haired dachshund named Gaba. Also she have a best friend - girl 13 years old, Natasha Ptitsina. Once Natasha telling Masha that she going for all the summer to Rio-de-Janeiro. Masha's parents tell their daughter that they can't go to Brazil this year. Masha miss Natasha, Masha's sad. She see shooting star and make a wish to turn together with her best friend again. Masha woke up in a strange place where everything was great - flowers like beds, trees like skyscrapers. She was noticed by two parrots - rude Rico and courteous Alberto. Alberto always blushed when he looked of Masha. Masha looked to the water, and she saw in her reflection a blue parrot. Masha was fainted.

She awoke at territory of a Spix's Macaw's flock.

Cast
Rachel Crow as Masha (Maria) Popugaeva, a young girl and the main protagonist. She also has a guinea pig named Nyusha and a Dachshund dog named Gaba.

Amandla Steinberg as Natasha Ptitsina, best Masha's friend. She and her parents had left for the summer in Rio-de-Janeiro. She also has cockatiel named Keke.

Kate Micucci as Niusha, Masha's lovely and funny guinea pig. She likes carrots and cucumbers. She looks like a mixture of hippo with the mouse.

George Lopez as Alexander Popugaev, Masha's dad, lazy, but kind man.

Anne Hathaway as Svetlana Ptitsina, Masha's mom. Protecting Masha, she got wounded by Allias, but she is healed.

Pierce Gagnon as Alberto, a young suave parrot who crush on Masha. He is cute. In the end, he made a wish on a shooting star to become a boy (human), to be close to Masha.

Rita Moreno as Gaba, Masha's Dachshund dog. She is active and playful.

Miguel Ferrer as Allias Salmon, a smuggler and the main antagonist of the film. After the credits we see that he jailed. He resembles Marcel from Rio while he sounds like Big Boss from Rio 2.

Philip Lawrence as Cimba, a gluttonous black cat, Allias's pet and sidekick and the secondary antagonist. He wanted to eat Niusha and bird Masha. At the end Gaba chased Cimba to a cliff, and he fell off and die. He was similar to the Wolf from the Sword and the Stone, but his head resembles Sylvester's head from Looney Toons.

Bebel Gilberto as Tatiana Leopardova, Masha' granny on mother's side.

Trivia

 * Masha wished on a star at the begin of film, while at the end of film Alberto does it.

Sequels
They're 3 sequels of the film. Maria 2: Niusha Do!, Maria 3: Dachshund Quest and Maria 4.