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http://www.cultjer.com/2008/01/29/the-three-burials-of-melquiades/The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones. With Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pep...
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The body of Melquiades Estrada is found in a shallow grave in the desert where it was hastily buried after his murder. Making no attempt to solve the crime, the local authorities rapidly...
Aug 8, 2020 · Melquiades Estrada, a Mexican undocumented worker working in Texas as a cowboy, shoots at a coyote which is menacing his small flock of goats. A nearby United States Border Patrol officer,...
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Sep 24, 2012 · Tommy Lee Jones’ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada begins as a story of honour between close friends and quickly devolves into multiple perspectives of an archetypal quest for masculine redemption and second chances.
A nearby United States Border Patrol officer, Norton, thinks he is being attacked and shoots back, killing Melquiades. Norton quickly buries Melquiades and does not report anything. Melquiades' body is found and is reburied in a local cemetery by the sheriff's office.
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Death. The film’s theme of death draws from narratives such as As I Lay Dying, in that it chronicles the pursuits of offering a proper committal to the deceased. As the title also suggests it is the attempt or rather the challenge at ensuring the proper burial of the titular character.
