The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
“Nobody is beyond redemption.”
AdventureCrimeDramaMysteryWestern
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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A stark, dusty journey across the border. It's a contemplative neo-western about promises kept and the harsh realities of life and death under the vast desert sky. Feels raw and deeply human.
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