Film

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005 · 2h 1m · Adventure · Crime · Drama

Nobody is beyond redemption.

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

84%

Metacritic

77

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.

Tommy Lee Jones

Pete Perkins

Barry Pepper

Mike Norton

Dwight Yoakam

Sheriff Frank Belmont

January Jones

Lou Ann Norton

Melissa Leo

Rachel

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Melquiades Estrada

Levon Helm

Old Man with Radio

Mel Rodriguez

Captain Gomez

Cecilia Suárez

Rosa

Ignacio Guadalupe

Lucio

Vanessa Bauche

Mariana

Irineo Alvarez

Manuel

Guillermo Arriaga

Juan

Josh Berry

Border Patrolman

Rodger Boyce

Salesman

Sonny Carl Davis

Kruger

• Tommy Lee JonesDirector · Producer
• Guillermo ArriagaWriter
• Michael FitzgeraldProducer
• Luc BessonProducer
• Pierre-Ange Le PogamProducer
• Chris MengesDirector of Photography
• Marco BeltramiOriginal Music Composer
• Roberto SilviEditor
• Jeanne McCarthyCasting
• Jo Edna BoldinCasting

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Trailer

Release date

November 17, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 1m

Rated

R

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$12,036,149

Genres

Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western

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