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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005 · 121 min

A slow, dusty journey of guilt and reckoning, with stark landscapes and raw performances that linger.

Tagline
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • justice
  • friendship
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
adventure, crime, drama, mystery, western
Directed by
Tommy Lee Jones
Written by
Guillermo Arriaga
Starring
Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Levon Helm, Mel Rodriguez
Music
Marco Beltrami
Cinematography
Chris Menges
Runtime
121 min
Country
United States of America, France, Mexico
Languages
English, Spanish

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