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.
Title | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada |
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Year | 2005 |
Genre | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western |
Country | United States of America, France |
Studio | EuropaCorp, The Javelina Film Company |
Cast | Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Julio Cesar Cedillo |
Crew | Tommy Lee Jones (Director), Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (Producer), Guillermo Arriaga (Screenplay), Michael Fitzgerald (Producer), Luc Besson (Producer), Tommy Lee Jones (Producer) |
Keyword | mexico, texas, illegal immigration, border patrol, usa–mexico border, promise, corpse, desert, neo-western, coyote |
Release | Nov 17, 2005 |
Runtime | 121 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.00 / 10 by 581 users |