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The body of Mexican Melquiades Estrada is found in a shallow grave in the desert, where it was hastily buried after being fatally shot by a Border Patrolman, Mike Norton (Barry Pepper). Making no attempt to solve the crime, the local Texan authorities rapidly transfer the corpse to a pauper's grave in the cemetery. Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones), a ranch foreman and Melquiades' best friend ...
Feb 2, 2006 · Guillermo Arriaga. "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" tells the kind of story that John Huston or Sam Peckinpah might have wanted to film. It begins with a bedrock of loyalty and honor between men, and mixes it with a little madness. In an era when hundreds of lives are casually destroyed in action movies, here is an entire film in which ...
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. El capataz de un rancho en Estados Unidos, vive tranquilamente hasta que su mejor amigo es asesinado por un oficial Fronterizo. Pete Perkins, debe cumplir la promesa de llevar el cuerpo de su fallecido amigo a México, sin importar los obstáculos. El capataz de un rancho en Estados Unidos, vive ...
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Jun 6, 2006 · The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is my new favorite film. It takes place in West Texas and in Mexico. The landscape is rough, barren in places, yet indescribably beautiful. The people resemble the land: they are not shiny and perfectly groomed, but rugged, worn down by life (as opposed to erosion).
Synopsis. 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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Feb 24, 2006 · Guillermo Arriaga. 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.
