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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Directed by Tommy Lee Jones · Cinematography by Chris Menges

R121 min60 frames

AdventureCrimeDramaMystery

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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