Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam
The body of Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo – All The Pretty Horses, The Life of David Gale) 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 transfer the corpse to an anonymous grave in the cemetery.
Motivated by grief and a sense of injustice, Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive, Men in Black), a ranch foreman and Melquiades’ best friend, takes it upon himself to track down the murderer.
Pete forces the killer to transport Melquiades to his hometown in Mexico, and so offers his friend a memorable journey to his third burial.
In his directorial debut, Jones uses the sparse and beautiful backdrop of West Texas to illustrate a powerful story of friendship and forgiveness.
