Snow Falling on Cedars · DVD

La Neige Tombait sur les Cèdres

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Adapted from an international bestseller, Snow Falling on Cedars tackles the rarely discussed subject of the internment of Japanese-American citizens in camps. Scott Hicks ( Shine ) masterfully blends legal suspense and a love story, far removed from any academic tropes. Featuring the ever-charismatic Ethan Hawke and Youki Kudoh ( Mystery Train ).

North Pacific, late 1950s. Pearl Harbor is still on everyone's mind. On the island of San Piedro, the Americans tolerate the Japanese living there. The murder trial of fisherman Carl Heine will reignite controversies. Chambers, a local journalist, follows the trial with interest when he discovers that the accused's wife was his first love. From that moment on, the case takes on a deeply personal significance for him, and he decides to conduct his own investigation...

Condition: Good condition