The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

  • 7.4
  • 2h 1min
  • Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
  • 2006-02-24 (USA)

Storyline

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.



Short Review

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada has the grandeur of a morality drama enriched with the impassioned bewilderment of true tragedy.


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