The History of Sound
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Directed by Oliver Hermanus
PG; 137 minutes
“Mescal and O’Connor deliver the acting goods . . . A deeply sad movie about thwarted love, The History of Sound is essential viewing.” —Lou Thomas, NME
Lionel (Paul Mescal), a young scholarship student at the New England Conservatory in Boston, meets David (Josh O’Connor), who is playing piano in a local bar. It is 1917, and the two bond over their shared love of folk music. Separated by the First World War, the pair reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.
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