The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Tommy Lee Jones

Status Released

Release Date 2005-11-17

Storyline

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.

"Nobody is beyond redemption."