Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling on Cedars, directed by Scott Hicks, is a movie about love, memory, and letting go. This movie is set in 1950 on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Although presumed to be a love story, Snow Falling on Cedars is a movie about a murder trial, during which many memories are brought to thought. Ishmael Chambers, played by Ethan Hawke, is a reporter and is observing a murder trial. The …showed first 75 words of 560 total…

…showed last 75 words of 560 total…out of the courthouse and says to Ishmael, “Can I hold you now?” She is extremely grateful for Ishmael proving Kazous’ innocence. Snow Falling on Cedars is not a romance movie. It is a movie about a segregation two young adults tried to beat, but lost the battle. It is a movie about the unfairness of society, and the power society has over people. It is about trying to prevail in the battle of prejudism.