Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The

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
Cast
Tommy Lee Jones - Pete Perkins
Julio Cesar Cedillo - Melquiades Estrada
Vanessa Bauche - Mariana
Dwight Yoakam - Sheriff Frank Belmont
Barry Tubb - A. L.
January Jones - Lou Ann Norton
Barry Pepper - Mike Norton
Melissa Leo - Rachel
Sonny Carl Davis - Kruger
Jesse De Luna - Miller
Richard Dillard - Jim
Jourdan Henderson - Mary (Soap Opera Girl)
Sean Hennigan - Chuck
Brent Smiga - Deputy Antonio
Production Co.
Seaside Productions
Produced by
Michael Fitzgerald
Tommy Lee Jones
Luc Besson
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Studio
Sony Pictures Classics
Writer
Guillermo Arriaga
Music
Marco Beltrami












