The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
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A Texas rancher kidnaps the border patrolman who killed his friend, exhumes the body, and forces them all on horseback across Mexico to fulfill a burial promise.
Why watch: Jones's directorial debut won both Best Actor and Best Screenplay at Cannes.
Cast
Tommy Lee Jones as Pete Perkins
Barry Pepper as Mike Norton
Dwight Yoakam as Sheriff Frank Belmont
January Jones as Lou Ann Norton
Melissa Leo as Rachel
Julio Cesar Cedillo as Melquiades Estrada
Levon Helm as Old Man with Radio
Mel Rodriguez as Captain Gomez
Cecilia Suárez as Rosa
Ignacio Guadalupe as Lucio
Vanessa Bauche as Mariana
Irineo Alvarez as Manuel
Guillermo Arriaga as Juan
Josh Berry as Border Patrolman
Rodger Boyce as Salesman
Crew
Tommy Lee Jones — Director
Guillermo Arriaga — Writer
Tommy Lee Jones — Producer
Michael Fitzgerald — Producer
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam — Producer
Luc Besson — Producer
Jeanne McCarthy — Casting
Jo Edna Boldin — Casting
Manuel Teil — Casting
Chris Menges — Director of Photography
Roberto Silvi — Editor
Merideth Boswell — Production Design
Jeff Knipp — Art Direction
Kathy Kiatta — Costume Design
Marco Beltrami — Original Music Composer
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