Bandidas (2006)

93 min · Action Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Western, Western film, action film, comedy film, female buddy film, heist film

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Directors

Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Zahn, Denis Arndt, Audra Blaser, Sam Shepard, Ismael Carlo, Gary Cervantes, Joseph D. Reitman, Edgar Vivar, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Humberto Elizondo, Ana Ofelia Murguia

The story

In 1880 Mexico, María Álvarez is an uneducated, poor farm girl whose caring father is being forced off his land by a cruel U.S. land baron named Tyler Jackson. Sara Sandoval is the highly educated, wealthy daughter of the arrogant owner of the nearby properties, and has recently returned from Europe where she attended numerous grade schools and colleges in England, Spain, and France for several years.

Catalogue themes and tags

1880s, Bank, Bank Manager, Bank Robber, Bankeinbruch, Banker, Eisenbahnräuber, Giftmord, Gold Bar, Ice skates, Kiss, Loss of Father, Male Nudity, Mexico, Mexikanerin, Mismatched Friends, Observer, Pferde, Poverty, Prediger, Rach, Schluckauf, Strong Woman, Tranq dart, Tresor, Wanted Poster, Wild West, Zug, female friendship, Crime Fiction, Feminist Film, Buddy film, Action/Adventure, Revisionist Western, Western, Comedy, Action

Genres

Action Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Western, Western film, action film, comedy film, female buddy film, heist film

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