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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Drama Crime Adventure Mystery Western

Nobody is beyond redemption.

Release Date: 2005, November 17
Directors: Tommy Lee Jones
Countries: France, Mexico, United States of America
Production: EuropaCorp, The Javelina Film Company
Cast: Mel Rodriguez, Barry Pepper, Melissa Leo, Tommy Lee Jones, Rodger Boyce, Levon Helm, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Terry Dale Parks, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Victoria Jones, January Jones, Josh Berry

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

corpse desert usa–mexico border mexico texas neo-western illegal immigration promise coyote border patrol