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Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada |
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This film was directed by Tommy Lee Jones in 2005. It won two prizes -Best Actor and Best Screenplay- in Cannes the same year.
The best friend of Pete Perkins, Melquiades Estrada, an illegal Mexican vaquero, is found dead in the desert, with a bullet in his chest. Pete is the only one who tries to find out who's Estrada's murderer. A few days later, his girl-friend Rachel hears that the man responsible for the murder is a young Border Patrol agent, Mike Norton, who shot Melquiades Estrada by mistake.
Pete had one day promised to his friend Melquiades to bring him back in his village if he were to die in the U.S.A. Consequently, he goes straight to Mike Norton and forces him to disinter Melquiades. Then the two men, taking along the corpse of the Mexican vaquero, leave on horseback and cross soon the border in spite of the police officers who are right behind them.
During several days, Pete and Mike will wander through deserts and mountains, looking for Estrada's hometown. When Mike is bitten by a snake while trying to escape, Pete brings him to a Mexican town where a young girl cures him. But, the next morning, Pete forces Mike to follow him and to go on with their search.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Wandering in wilderness
Yes
wilderness plot
- being chased in the wilderness
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- cowboy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Desert?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Country/Western
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