The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
“Nobody is beyond redemption.”
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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Cast
24 people
Tommy Lee Jones
Pete Perkins
Known for
Men in Black
No Country for Old Men
Barry Pepper
Mike Norton
Known for
Saving Private Ryan
Crawl
Dwight Yoakam
Sheriff Frank Belmont
Known for
Panic Room
Crank: High Voltage
January Jones
Lou Ann Norton
Known for
Mad Men
The Last Man on Earth
Melissa Leo
Rachel
Known for
Wayward Pines
Prisoners
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Melquiades Estrada
Known for
Narcos: Mexico
Prison Break
Levon Helm
Old Man with Radio
Known for
Coal Miner's Daughter
Fire Down Below
Mel Rodriguez
Captain Gomez
Known for
The Last Man on Earth
Onward
Cecilia Suárez
Rosa
Known for
The House of Flowers
Someone Has to Die
Ignacio Guadalupe
Lucio
Known for
Sin tu mirada
The Dead Girls
Vanessa Bauche
Mariana
Known for
Acapulco
La doble vida de Estela Carrillo
Irineo Alvarez
Manuel
Known for
El secreto de Selena
The Dead Girls
Tommy Lee Jones Director · Guillermo Arriaga Writer Marco Beltrami Composer
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $15M · United States release February 24, 2006
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$12,036,149
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
EuropaCorp
Production
The Javelina Film Company
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
United States · France · Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
France · May 20, 2005
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · February 24, 2006
Theatrical
Australia
May 25, 2006 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 21, 2006 · Theatrical
France
November 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
December 5, 2007 · Theatrical
Greece
November 17, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 31, 2006 · Theatrical
Japan
March 11, 2006 · Theatrical
New Zealand
June 1, 2026 · Digital
Spain
February 17, 2006 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 12, 2006 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 31, 2006 · Theatrical
August 6, 2006 · Physical · DVD
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