Maria Alvarez is a character in the 2006 Western action-comedy film \"Bandidas\". She is portrayed by Pen\u00e9lope Cruz. Maria is a poor Mexican peasant who lives in a small village with her father and siblings. She is forced to become a bank robber after her father is killed and their land is seized by a wealthy and corrupt businessman named Tyler Jackson, played by Dwight Yoakam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maria meets another bank robber named Sara Sandoval, played by Salma Hayek, who is the daughter of a wealthy Mexican businessman. The two women team up to take down Jackson and his gang and to seek revenge for Maria's father's death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maria is initially portrayed as naive and inexperienced, but she quickly learns the skills she needs to become a successful bank robber. She is also depicted as a strong and determined woman who is willing to do whatever it takes to protect her family and her community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout the film, Maria and Sara develop a close friendship and work together to overcome various obstacles. The film is notable for featuring two female leads in a genre that is typically male-dominated, and for portraying women as strong and capable characters who are able to take control of their own destinies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1536,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters\/1535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/characters"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters\/1535\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}