The Pool Films Acquires Tokyo-Based Photographer and Director Xavier Tera’s Debut, ‘The Color of the Sun,’ Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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Paris-based The Pool Films has taken world rights to coming-of-age drama “The Color of the Sun,” which marks the feature film debut of Tokyo-based photographer and commercials director Xavier Tera, who has collaborated with the likes of Harry Styles, Kaytranada and Rosalia.

“Color of the Sun,” which will soon launch from the Venice Film Festival‘s Horizons section, is acted in both Japanese and English. It was shot on the Japanese island of Okinawa, which hosts more than 30 U.S. military bases.

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