movie review - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Tokyo, 2006.12.04
This is a heart-breaking story of an itinerant worker who dies in the US. A friend makes it his business to take the corpse back to the small town in Mexico where the dead man's love awaits his return. Not a lot of this movie is what it seems (there are multiple levels to this, e.g. a Canadian actor playing the "Gringo"), and I found the story both authentic and important. Beautifully set and perfectly cast, this is a masterpiece. The best movie I've seen all year.
A favorite. Strongly recommended.