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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.

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