The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
November 17, 2005
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
2h 1m
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Nobody is beyond redemption.
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Pete Perkins Tommy Lee Jones
- Mike Norton Barry Pepper
- Sheriff Frank Belmont Dwight Yoakam
- Lou Ann Norton January Jones
- Rachel Melissa Leo
- Melquiades Estrada Julio Cesar Cedillo
- Old Man with Radio Levon Helm
- Captain Gomez Mel Rodriguez
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Keywords
- mexico
- texas
- illegal immigration
- border patrol
- usa–mexico border
- promise
- corpse
- desert
- neo-western
- coyote