Bandidas

Bandidas
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg
Written by	Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen
Produced by	Luc Besson
Starring	Salma Hayek Penélope Cruz Steve Zahn Sam Shepard Dwight Yoakam Ismael 'East' Carlo
Cinematography	Thierry Arbogast
Edited by	Frédéric Thoraval
Music by	Éric Serra
Production companies	EuropaCorp TF1 Films Production Canal+ TPS Star
Distributed by	EuropaCorp Distribution (France) 20th Century Fox (United States and Mexico)
Release date	3 February 2006 (2006-02-03)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	France Mexico United States
Languages	English Spanish French
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$18.4 million

Bandidas is a 2006 Western action comedy film starring Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz directed by Norwegian directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg and produced and written by Luc Besson. It tells the tale of two very different women in late-19th-century Mexico who become a bank robbing duo in an effort to combat a ruthless enforcer terrorizing their town.

This is the first film that Cruz and Hayek starred in together. It was an international co-production between France, the United States and Mexico. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico, as well as in the Mexican states of Durango and San Luis Potosí.^[1]