--- title: 'Desperado (1995)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Rodriguez' released: '1995-01-01' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Crime' - 'Action' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/desperado-1995' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112851/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Desperado (1995) 1995 · 100 min · Crime, Action, Thriller · United States Part of: Mexico Trilogy ## Synopsis Desperado is a 1995 American neo-Western action film written, co-produced, edited, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. A sequel to El Mariachi (1993) and it is the second installment of Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. It stars Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi, who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover. The film was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 1995. ## Credits - **Original Music Composer:** [Tito Larriva](https://cinepixo.com/people/tito-larriva) - **Director:** [Robert Rodriguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rodriguez) - **Screenplay:** [Robert Rodriguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rodriguez) - **Producer:** [Robert Rodriguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rodriguez) - **Editor:** [Robert Rodriguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rodriguez) - **Director of Photography:** [Guillermo Navarro](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillermo-navarro) ## Cast - [Salma Hayek](https://cinepixo.com/people/salma-hayek) - [Antonio Banderas](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-banderas) - [Carlos Gallardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-gallardo) - [Joaquim de Almeida](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquim-de-almeida) - [Peter Marquardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-marquardt) - [Enrique Iglesias](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-iglesias) - [Quentin Tarantino](https://cinepixo.com/people/quentin-tarantino) - [Cheech Marin](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheech-marin) - [Tito Larriva](https://cinepixo.com/people/tito-larriva) - [Carlos Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-gomez-2) - [Steve Buscemi](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-buscemi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/desperado-1995 Film facts: Wikidata (Q465009); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.