Bandidas (2006)

Directors:

Joachim Rønning
Espen Sandberg

Writers (WGA):

Luc Besson (written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen (written by)

Release Date:

18 January 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Western

Tagline:

Buscadas...vivas o muertas. (Wanted...alive or dead.)

Plot:

In turn-of-the-century Mexico, two very different women become a bank-robbing duo in an effort to combat a ruthless enforcer terrorizing their town.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Mexico | Farmer | Money | Gun

Cast

Penélope Cruz	...	Maria Alvarez
Salma Hayek	...	Sara Sandoval
Steve Zahn	...	Quentin
Dwight Yoakam	...	Tyler Jackson
Denis Arndt	...	Ashe
Audra Blaser	...	Clarissa Ashe
Sam Shepard	...	Bill Buck
Ismael 'East' Carlo	...	Don Diego
Gary Cervantes	...	Pedro (as Carlos Cervantes)
José María Negri	...	Padre Pablo
Lenny Zundel	...	Bernardo
Edgar Vivar	...	Expl. Bank Manager
Ernesto Gómez Cruz	...	Brujo
Filiberto Estrella	...	Midget
Yomo Tlazotlalli	...	Gordo
Humberto Elizondo	...	Governor
Justo Martínez	...	Cable Bank Manager
Ana Ofelia Murguía	...	Consuelo
Luis Fernando Orozco	...	Sheriff (as Luis Orozco)
Julian Sedgwick	...	Regulator 1
Joseph D. Reitman	...	Regulator 2
Karl Braun	...	Regulator 3
Terrence Stickman	...	Gate Keeper 1 (as Terence Strikman)
Pedro Gamez	...	Old Peasant
Daya Fernandez	...	Cleaning Lady
Rodolfo Sean	...	Regulator
Edgar Tebar	...	Regulator
Pascal Greub	...	Regulator
Vicente Torres	...	Regulator (as Vincent Torres)
Eric Prats	...	Regulator
Sergio Gonzalez	...	Regulator
Armando Alarcon	...	Regulator
Eduardo Karam	...	Regulator
Christian Arrieta	...	Regulator
Ernesto Miyares	...	Regulator (as Ernesto Mijares)
Eduardo Corral	...	Regulator on roof
Israel Gomez	...	Regulator with banjo
Alain Pitrel	...	Deceased (wo) man
Florentino Silva Torres	...	Gate Keeper #2
Carlos Palacios	...	Little Man 40's
Andrea González	...	100 years old Secretary
Ofelia Herrera	...	100 years old Secretary
Alejandro Campa	...	Filly's owner #1
Guillermo Panuco	...	Filly's owner
Jorge Ramirez	...	Filly's owner #2
Ricardo Arjona	...	Waiting Businessman
Elena Gonzalez	...	Chief Secretary
Constantino Blanco	...	Cave Musician #1
Manuel Ruiz	...	Cave Musician #2
Rosalindo Martinez	...	Cave Musician #3
Eusebio Reyes	...	Cave Musician #4
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Hoehn	...	(voice)
Juan Manuel Romero Rivas	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Joachim Rønning
Espen Sandberg

Writing credits (WGA)
Luc Besson		(written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen		(written by)

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	producer
Jean-Michel Lacor	....	line producer: Mexico
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant producer
Ariel Zeitoun	....	producer

Original Music by
Eric Serra

Cinematography by
Thierry Arbogast

Film Editing by
Frédéric Thoraval

Casting by
Louis DiGiaimo		(as Lou Digiaimo)
Carla Hool

Production Design by
Hugues Tissandier

Art Direction by
Patrick Pasquier

Set Decoration by
Denise Camargo
Gérard Marcireau
Alain Pitrel

Costume Design by
Olivier Bériot

Makeup Department
Gerardo Aragon	....	hair stylist: second unit
Beatrice De Alba	....	hair stylist: Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz
Carmen de la Torre	....	assistant makeup artist
Jean-Pierre Eychenne	....	makeup artist: Salma Hayek
Lourdes Flores	....	assistant makeup artist: second unit
Eduardo Gómez	....	hair stylist
Marco Antonio Hernández	....	assistant makeup artist: second unit
Whitney James	....	makeup artist: Penelope Cruz
Rocio Nogueron	....	assistant hair stylist: second unit
Guadalupe Ramirez	....	assistant hair stylist
Gladys Romero	....	hair stylist: second unit
Marco Antonio Rosado	....	makeup artist: Salma Hayek (as Marco Rosado)
Alex Rouse	....	wigs
Martin Samuel	....	hair designer: Penelope Cruz
Carlos Solana	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Julio Bárcenas	....	unit manager
Eric Bassoff	....	post-production supervisor
Mariano Carranco	....	unit production manager: second unit
Martin Coiffier	....	unit manager
Ernesto Garabito	....	additional unit manager
Emmanuel Jacquelin	....	production manager
Carlos Taibo	....	unit production manager
Carlos 'Buho' Tames	....	unit manager
Héctor Villegas	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Javier Clave	....	first assistant director: second unit
María Raquel Dioni	....	second assistant director
Thorbjorn Ubbe Haavind	....	second unit director
Hiromi Kamata	....	second assistant director: second unit
Carlos Manzo	....	second second assistant director
Julian 'Chico' Valdez	....	second assistant director (as Julián Valdez)
René Villarreal	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Marco Aurelio Aguilar	....	key painter
Claire Amoureux-Nicole	....	art director assistant
Philippe Anselme	....	carpenter
Irma Avila	....	art department coordinator
Pierre Bandini	....	property master
Jean-Pierre Battaia	....	construction coordinator
Dorothée Baussan	....	art department assistant
Evelyne Baussant	....	prop buyer
Mauro Blas	....	assistant modeler
Michel Bourgeois	....	carpenter
Fabrice Bovi	....	carpenter
Jean-Jacques Chapelle	....	construction grip
Michel Charvaz	....	property master
Stephan Cherequefosse	....	carpenter
Patricia Chevrel	....	art department coordinator assistant
Patrick Clerc	....	graphic designer
Claudio Contreras	....	assistant art director
Géraldine Daigremont	....	art director assistant
Israel Delgado Rivera	....	graphic designer
Laure Deratte	....	art director assistant
Gerard Drolon	....	assistant designer
Jacques Fresnel	....	painter
Carlos Gamboa	....	set designer
Laura González	....	set decoration coordinator
Luis Alfredo Gonzalez	....	set dresser
María Eugenia González	....	assistant set decorator
Philippe Gougam	....	construction foreman
Anabel Grosjean	....	art department coordinator assistant
Jean-Charles Guilleminot	....	construction foreman
Michel Guillou	....	carpenter
Jean Habay	....	carpenter
Peter Hammond	....	painter
Virginie Hernvann	....	assistant art director
Barbara Horcasitas	....	art department coordinator assistant
Sebastien Houllier	....	carpenter
Herve Lespert	....	carpenter
Margarito López	....	assistant modeler
Teofilo López	....	painter
Françoise Malaplate	....	head painter
Rafael Mandujano	....	graphic designer
René Marquéz	....	property master
Gabriela Matus	....	art department buyer
Jean-Pierre Nossereau	....	prop buyer
Bernard Olivier	....	construction foreman
Laura A. Pachuca	....	prop master assistant
Rony Pelmard	....	carpenter
Lourdes Pérez	....	art department coordinator
Florian Pey	....	art department assistant
Eric Poisson	....	carpenter
Eric Puertas	....	assistant modeler
Abraham Paulino Ramos	....	painter
Patricia Robin	....	painter
Odin Rodriguez	....	painter
Fernando Rosales	....	painter
Saúl Rosales	....	key painter
Aristeo Ruiz	....	prop master assistant
Christophe Simonotti	....	carpenter
Julieta Torres	....	assistant modeler
Carlos Alvarez Tovar	....	set designer (as Carlos Alberto Alvarez Tovar)
Alberto Villaseñor	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Adrien Arnaud	....	foley editor
Marc-Antoine Beldent	....	sound mixer
Lahcène Ben Braham	....	sound studio supervisor
Thomas Bernard	....	sound recordist
Guillaume Bouchateau	....	supervising sound editor
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	sound recordist
Guadalupe Cassius	....	foley trainee
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	sound re-recording assistant
Guillaume D'Ham	....	assistant foley recordist
Salvador Enríquez	....	boom operator: second unit
Alain Féat	....	sound editor
Carl Goetgheluck	....	adr recordist
Loïc Gourbe	....	sound recordist
Thierry Havard	....	adr boom operator
Alexandre Hernandez	....	adr boom operator
Didier Lesage	....	adr recordist
Didier Lozahic	....	foley recordist
Didier Lozahic	....	sound re-recording mixer
Fred Mays	....	adr recordist
Pedro Mejía	....	sound mixer: second unit
Vincent Milner	....	foley assistant
Santiago Núñez	....	sound mixer
Alexis Place	....	assistant foley artist
Eduardo Valverde	....	boom operator
Soazic Veillon	....	dialogue editor
Frédéric Warnotte	....	technical director: Digital Factory

Special Effects by
Daniel Cordero	....	special effects coordinator
Laurencio Cordero	....	special effects supervisor
Victor Heredia	....	special effects assistant
Rodrigo 'Bigotes' Jaramillo	....	special effects assistant (as Rodrigo Jaramillo)
Abraham Rodriguez	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Céline Allegre	....	digital artist
Catherine Athon	....	post-production supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Thierry Barnay	....	I/O technician
Didier Bautz	....	modeler
Marie-Claire Bazart	....	digital artist
Odile Beraud	....	scanning and recording
Jacques Bled	....	visual effects producer
Christophe Boutigny	....	lustre assistant: Eclair Numerique
Bertrand Breuze	....	digital artist
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects supervisor
Bruno Chauffard	....	visual effects supervisor
Benjamin Clément	....	I/O technician
Solena Collignon	....	digital artist (as Solen Collignon)
Gisèle Courcoux	....	scanning and recording
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Hector A. Del Moral	....	modeler
Emmanuel Desbordes	....	I/O technician
Alain Duval	....	matte painter
Fabien Eigen	....	scanning and recording
Fabrice Faure	....	Flame artist
Émilie Feret	....	visual effects coordinator
Karine Feron	....	digital artist
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Sébastien Guyot	....	scanning and recording
Christophe Keichinger	....	scanning and recording
Robert Kfoury	....	scanning and recording
Romain Leclerc	....	digital artist
Delphine Le Roch	....	visual effects coordinator
David Montoya	....	scanning and recording
Fabien Pascal	....	digital color grader
Bruno Patin	....	digital color grader
Benoit Philippon	....	visual effects
Stéphane Praux	....	I/O technician
Marion Roger	....	digital artist
Laetitia Roure	....	post-production coordinator: Eclair Numerique
Isabelle Roussel	....	digital artist
Gérard Soirant	....	scanning and recording
David Squillace	....	digital artist
David Tomaszewski	....	digital compositor
Martial Vallanchon	....	digital artist
Pènèlope Vandecave	....	digital artist

Stunts
Hugo Aguilera	....	stunt double
Omar Ayala	....	stunts
Joëlle Baland	....	stunts
Tony Lee Boggs	....	stunt double: Steve Zahn (as Tony Boggs)
Julian Bucio	....	stunt coordinator
Wilebardo Bucio	....	stunts (as Willebardo Bucio)
Angelina Collici	....	stunts
Paola Hernandez	....	stunt double: Salma Hayek
Mario Luraschi	....	horses stunts supervisor
Mauricio Martínez	....	stunts
Miriam Meza	....	stunt double: Marta
Juan Carlos Olalde	....	stunt coordinator assistant
Nadia Paula	....	stunt double: Sara
Alonso Rosado	....	stunt coordinator assistant
Priscilla Solorzano	....	stunt double: Penelope Cruz
Rafael Valdez	....	stunts (as Rafael Valdes)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Paul Agostini	....	first assistant camera
Yves Agostini	....	camera operator
Benito Aguilar	....	gaffer
Ricardo Arvizu	....	company grip
Alberto Camacho	....	generator operator
César Camacho	....	grip: second unit
Pablo Castillo	....	electrician: second unit
Victor Correa	....	best boy electric
Daniel Daza	....	still photographer
Fernando Diaz	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Saul Dominguez	....	electrician
Antonio Godinez	....	electrician: second unit
Isaac Gómez	....	video assist
Ivanhoe Gonzalez	....	electrician
Jorge Gonzalez	....	electrician
Javier Labastida	....	company grip
Jesus LaBastida	....	key grip (as Jesus Labastida)
Miguel Lara	....	best boy electric: second unit
Jose Lorraraquio	....	gaffer: second unit (as José Lorrabaquio)
Dariela Ludlow	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Gerardo Manjarrez	....	Steadicam operator
Rodrigo Marina	....	cinematographer: second unit
Néstor Martínez	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Mas	....	key grip
Andrés Medina	....	dolly grip
Armando Medina	....	video assist: second unit
Héctor Medina	....	camera loader
Ralph Mendoza	....	aerial camera operator
Ralph Mendoza	....	special aerial photographer: SpaceCam
Israel Páez	....	camera loader: second unit
Francesco Jaime Pastrana	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Guillermo Rosas	....	camera operator
Tim Ross	....	camera operator
Carlos Silva	....	video assist assistant
Laurent Tangy	....	focus puller: second unit
Antonio Vargas	....	key grip: second unit
Raymundo Verde	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Lou DiGiaimo Jr.	....	casting: US
Carla Hool	....	casting: Mexico
Matias Risso Patron	....	extras casting
Alicia Ruiz	....	extras casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maura Arguello	....	seamstress
Corinne Bruand	....	assistant costume designer
Adela Cortázar	....	assistant costume designer
María de Jesús Luna	....	dresser
Marylin Fitoussi	....	assistant costume designer
Marylin Fitoussi	....	costume supervisor
María Elena Gallaga	....	seamstress
Roberta Gauthron	....	cutter: men
Camille Janbon	....	assistant costume designer
David Jardon	....	chief tailor
Camille Joste	....	costume distresser
Santa Megrano	....	seamstress
Rosario Peimbert	....	seamstress
Nonantzin Perez	....	seamstress
Leticia Pichardo	....	seamstress
Gregoria Recio	....	milliner
Sophie Ton-Thi	....	cutter: women
Frédéric Tournant	....	costume coordinator
Cristal Valencia	....	dresser: Ms. Cruz
Ines Zarco	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Susana Antunes	....	post-production coordinator
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Mickael Dumontier	....	additional assistant editor (as Mickaël Dumontier)
Per-Erik Eriksen	....	additional editor
Yann Hervé	....	additional editor
Sylvie Lager	....	additional assistant editor
Lyssia Le Gall	....	assistant editor
Stéphanie Pedelacq	....	assistant editor
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Agnès Sébenne	....	post-production coordinator
Vincent Tabaillon	....	additional editor
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production coordinator
Sidonie Waserman	....	post-production coordinator
Clement Zveguintzoff	....	digital conformation
Royce Smith	....	film color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator (as Geoffrey Alexander)
Chris Barrett	....	assistant music recordist
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	assistant music mixer
Sébastien Devaux	....	music recordist
Olga FitzRoy	....	assistant music recordist
Loïc Gourbe	....	assistant music mixer
Loïc Gourbe	....	music recordist
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Christian Howes	....	music assistant
Jérôme Lateur	....	music supervisor
Vincent Lebegue	....	music legal coordinator
Didier Lozahic	....	music mixer
Elise Luguern	....	music production supervisor
Alexandre Mahout	....	music assistant
Samuel Potin	....	assistant music mixer
Samuel Potin	....	music recordist
Fabrice Sauré	....	music recordist
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant music supervisor
Eric Serra	....	conductor
Tony Stanton	....	music copyist
Nick Wollage	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Javier Gunther	....	transportation coordinator
Fermín Lara	....	transportation coordinator
Alfonso Paredes	....	driver: Mrs. Hayek
Alfonso Paredes	....	security driver
Arturo Saldivar	....	production driver

Other crew
Isabelle Agid	....	assistant: Luc Besson
Karina Alvarez	....	extras assistant
Dominique Baran	....	head accountant
Cynthia Blaise	....	dialogue coach
Cuauhtémoc Bravo	....	account assistant
Isabelle Broyard	....	legal department
Benjamin Cabral	....	location manager
Carlos Canales	....	location assistant
Pascale Canovas	....	account assistant
Jimena Contreras	....	assistant production office coordinator
Kim Courcelle	....	account assistant
Kira Dominguez	....	personal assistant: Salma Hayek
Romuald Drault	....	accountant supervisor
Daya Fernandez	....	assistant: Penelope Cruz (as Daya Fernández)
Karintia Franco	....	set production assistant: second unit
Valérie Fugier	....	head accountant
Hugo Gallardo	....	location assistant
Marie-Noelle Hauville	....	assistant accountant
Michael Hendrickson	....	production executive: Fox
Romeo Julien	....	avid conformation
Nathon S. Lewis	....	personal assistant: Steve Zahn
G. Pekas Lozano	....	production coordinator: Mexico (as Gloria Lozano)
Mario Luraschi	....	horse master
Gilles Marsalet	....	location assistant
Andrea Martínez	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Andrea Martinez Crowther)
Narciso Martinez	....	animal wrangler
Sandrine Molto	....	head accountant
José Luis Montero	....	set supervisor
Rafael Navarrete	....	armorer
Aglae Noya	....	location assistant
India Osborne	....	production coordinator: US
Julie Papaikonomou	....	account assistant
Matias Risso Patron	....	extras assistant
Luciano Privitera	....	set production assistant
Jeremy Pronier	....	production assistant
Norma Ramos	....	account assistant
Luis Reyes	....	unit publicist
Isthar Rosales	....	location assistant
Manuela Rosas-Landa	....	script trainee
Eduardo Ruiz	....	set production assistant
Magali Sagarra	....	assistant office production coordinator
Carlos Salom	....	train coordinator
Horacio Sandoval	....	location assistant
Nicole Soriano	....	production coordinator
Yesica Soto Pérez	....	production liaison
Zsuzsanna Szkurka	....	production assistant
Véronique Toutain	....	studio coordinator
Valentine Traclet	....	script supervisor
Héctor Villegas	....	assistant to unit manager
Olivier Zeitoun	....	avid operator

Production Companies

• Europa Corp.
• TF1 Films Production
• A.J.O.Z. Films
• Ultra Films (executive production)
• Canal+
• TPS Star

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2006) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Pro Films (2006) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Oxygen Media (2007) (USA) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Mac Guff Ligne (visual effects)

Other Companies

• AON Risk Services  insurance
• Cinésyl  grip equipment
• Continental Media Assurances  insurance
• Digital Factory  image and sound editing
• Independent Studio Services  weapons supplied by
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra
• M.O. Pour Mot  adr (as Mot Pour M.O.)
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Spacecam Systems  camera equipment provided by
• Technovision USA  camera equipment provided by
• Éclair Numérique  film lab

Also Known As:

Bandidas (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexuality, nudity and violence.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France | Mexico | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:11 | UK:12A | Finland:K-11 | Italy:T | Brazil:12 | South Korea:12 | Hungary:14 | Germany:6 (f) | Argentina:13 | Iceland:10 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42392) | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

Originally set for a wide US theatrical release in late 2005 and then early 2006; the film was finally given a 22 September 2006 date and was an exclusive Cinema Latino Theatres chain release.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Quentin and Maria are robbing the bank dressed as newly weds, the bank manager faints in front of the vault... but in the next shots (while Quentin is opening the vault, when he opens it, or when they blow the roof) he is nowhere on the floor, or in the room.

Quotes:

Sara Sandoval: [practicing holding up the bank] Don't move!
Maria Alvarez: Get on the ground!
Sara Sandoval: How can they get on the ground if I told them not to move?
Maria Alvarez: Oh! Well... Get on the ground and don't move!

Nice movie to have a break out of ordinary life.

This is a typical "just fun to watch" movie. Nothing for hardcore movie freaks, more but i find it rather well done. Not to much clichés, some gags are very good and some nice lines of text... The action is also in balance and sometimes rather funny. The 2 Bandidas are of course quit sexy and nice looking, but especially Penélope Cruz (Maria) performs well and has that very groovy "archtype" Spanish look that makes you wonder where to hide if she ever get's mad at you. The story and characters are not so well developed, but that's hardly a problem for this type of movie. So if you are looking for a fun movie to relax with and have a good time with your girl/boy/pet and you like some humor and action, check it out. But don't expect a "cinematic masterpiece".