Manuelita

Jul 8, 1999

1h 26m

★ 6.6

Dream, fly and enjoy with your whole family.

Overview

Animated Argentine film about a young girl turtle who gets lost on a balloon trip.

Genres

Animation

Family

Comedy

Adventure

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures of Argentina

García Ferré Entertainment

Producciones García Ferré

INCAA

Telefe

Manuelita Trailers

Cast

Manuelita (voice)

Rosario Sánchez Almada

Bartolito (voice)

Cecilia Gispert

El Patriarca de los Pájaros (voice)

Enrique Conlazo

Larguirucho (voice)

Pelusa Suero

Manuelita's father (voice)

Ariel Abadi

Manuelita's grandfather (voice)

Néstor D'Alessandro

Carey (voice)

Susana Sisto

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