THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA

Tommy Lee JONES
  • 2005
  • In Competition
  • Feature Films
Award for Best Actor 2005 , Award for Best Screenplay 2005

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn’s town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.

Directed by : Tommy Lee JONES
Country: United States
Durée : 120 minutes

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