A Mexican ranch hand, Melquiades Estrada, is shot by a bigoted border control guard. The body is hastily buried and the murder covered up. The body is found and given an anonymous, formal burial in the local cemetery. The Mexican's American ranch hand friend, Peter Perkins, investigates the murder and tracks down the killer. He forces the killer to dig up the body and help him take it back to the Mexican's hometown for his third and final burial. On a long, arduous and frequently amusing journey the killer gradually changes until he eventually begs forgiveness, presumably rethinks his existence and eventually forms some kind of friendship with his captor who has made him suffer for his crime.
A wonderfully quirky and comic film.
A wonderfully quirky and comic film.