The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005 7.0 (601 votes) 2h 1m

Genres

Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Western

Production Companies

EuropaCorp
The Javelina Film Company

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Nobody is beyond redemption.

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.