Directed by:
Tommy Lee JonesScreenplay:
Guillermo ArriagaCinematography:
Chris MengesComposer:
Marco BeltramiCast:
Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Levon Helm, Vanessa Bauche, Guillermo Arriaga, Gustavo Sánchez Parra (more)VOD (1)
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Peter Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) is a veteran cowboy who embodies the values of the old west, living in a small Texas town bordering the U.S. and Mexico. He hires Melquiades Estrada as a ranch hand and quickly befriends the man. But when Estrada is gunned down under mysterious circumstances, Perkins takes justice into his own hands and kidnaps a trigger-happy border patrolman (Barry Pepper), forcing Perkins to unearth Estrada's body and accompany Perkins on horseback on the long and treacherous journey through the frontier mountains and back roads of Mexico to bring his friend's body home. (official distributor synopsis)
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A beautiful film. Perhaps one of the most beautiful in recent times. Really. And I always have a big problem with commenting on such films. The Coens, who brought us No Country for Old Men a few years later, should immediately hang up their yarmulkes, because this is a modern, sensitive western story with sophisticated characters, dialogue, atmosphere and a plot that is interesting every second, as it should be. Tommy Lee Jones behind the camera definitely surprised me. I hope he goes back there again soon. And the music by Marco Beltrami... Wow. This is certainly not the last time I am going to watch The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Great, great, great.
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