{"id":1243,"date":"2017-09-06T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/09\/the-three-burials-of-melquiades-estrada-2\/"},"modified":"2018-06-30T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T14:05:08","slug":"the-three-burials-of-melquiades-estrada-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/09\/the-three-burials-of-melquiades-estrada-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"},"content":{"rendered":"

2005, USA\/France, 121 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a neglected Texas border town, a Mexican man (Julio C\u00e9sar Cedillo) is found fatally shot in the desert, a feast for the coyotes. For most, it\u2019s one fewer illegal immigrant. For grizzled old cowboy Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones), his colleague and friend had a name: Melquiades Estrada. The overmatched sheriff (Dwight Yoakam) and the overzealous border patrol officer who pulled the trigger (Barry Pepper) don\u2019t share that sentiment. In his quest to see Melquiades treated like a person, Pete kidnaps the border patrol officer to help him give the dead man the hometown burial he deserves. Buoyed by Chris Menges\u2019s evocative cinematography, Jones\u2019s effort is a quietly confident exploration of the dreary lives of lifelong outcasts and the lengths required for redemption. The outstanding ensemble cast, which features Melissa Leo, Levon Helm and January Jones, gives those ideas heft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a neglected Texas border town, a Mexican man (Julio C\u00e9sar Cedillo) is found fatally shot in the desert, a feast for the coyotes. For most, it\u2019s one fewer illegal immigrant.<\/p>\n

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