The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a 2005 drama film directed by Tommy Lee Jones and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, and Dwight Yoakam.
Melquiades Estrada, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is shot and buried in a shallow grave in the high desert of West Texas (inspired by the real-life shooting of Esequiel Hernandez.). His body is found and reburied in a local cemetery. After kidnappin...
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a 2005 drama film directed by Tommy Lee Jones and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, and Dwight Yoakam.
Melquiades Estrada, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is shot and buried in a shallow grave in the high desert of West Texas (inspired by the real-life shooting of Esequiel Hernandez.). His body is found and reburied in a local cemetery. After kidnapping the killer and forcing him to disinter the body, Pete Perkins, Melquiades' best friend and employer, undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey on horseback into Mexico, with his captive in tow and Melquiades' body tied to a mule.
The film has many flashbacks. Sometimes the same event is shown twice, from different perspectives.
Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) and his wife move to the border area of West Texas. He is a naive and gung-ho border patrolman, prone to violent over-reaction. He has rough sex with his wife, without any regard for her...
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