把影片设定在冲绳这样一个承载厚重历史的地方，是一种明显的诱惑——历史、政治、文化的分量就摆在那里，几乎注定要成为影片的主角。但泽维尔·特拉（Xavier Tera）在其首部剧情长片《The Color of the Sun》中做了更聪明的选择：他把镜头拉近，让一名少年对自我的探寻来撑起整部影片。
Setting a film in a place as loaded as Okinawa is an obvious temptation—the history, the politics, the cultural weight are all right there, practically begging to be the main event. But Xavier Tera , in his debut feature The Color of the Sun , does something smarter: he pulls the camera in close and lets a teenager’s search for himself carry the film instead.