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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
· Movie
· 121 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Every rating
69–86
out of 100
When his best friend, an undocumented Mexican ranch hand, is murdered and hastily buried, a rugged ranch foreman makes a promise to bury him in his hometown in Mexico. He forces the man responsible for the killing to accompany him on a perilous and surreal journey across the border to fulfill this vow.
Details
- Director
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Writer
- Guillermo Arriaga
- Studio
- EuropaCorp, The Javelina Film Company
- Released
- 17 November 2005
- Country
- United States, France, Mexico
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $12.0M
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Awards
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