Mubi has shared The History of Sound trailer for the upcoming interval romantic drama, starring Gladiator II’s Paul Mescal and The Crown’s Josh O’Connor. Following its world premiere on the 2025 Cannes Movie Pageant, the film is now scheduled to reach in theaters on September 12, 2025,
“In 1917, Lionel—a younger, proficient music pupil—meets David on the Boston Conservatory, the place they bond over a deep love of folks music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, resulting in an impromptu journey by the backwoods of Maine to gather conventional songs,” reads the official synopsis. “This sudden reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they acquire and protect, will form the course of Lionel’s life far past his personal consciousness.”
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What occurs in The Historical past of Sound trailer?
The video introduces Mescal and O’Connor as star-crossed lovers who’ve a shared bond over music. It provides spotlight to the pair’s shifting and tragic romance that can stand in opposition to the take a look at of time throughout an period once they should disguise who they’re. The solid additionally contains Molly Value, Alison Bartlett, Chris Cooper, Hadley Robinson, Raphael Sbarge, Peter Mark Kendall, Emma Canning, Briana Middleton, Alessandro Bedetti, Alison Bartlett, and extra.
The Historical past of Sound is directed by Oliver Hermanus from a screenplay written by Ben Shattuck, primarily based on his acclaimed quick story of the identical identify which earned him a Pushcart Prize. It’s produced by Lisa Ciuffetti, Oliver Hermanus, Andrew Kortschak, Sara Murphy, Thérèsa Ryan, Zhang Xin, Tatiana Bears, Lara Costa Calzado, Giovanni Pompili, Bruno Vernaschi-Berman, and Sean Wheelan. The creative workforce additionally contains cinematographer Alexander Dynan and editor Chris Wyatt.
“I’ve been dwelling with this movie, this story, for 5 years. This movie has been a private and defining journey; it has moved me to a brand new nation, educated me in regards to the energy of music and track, it has conjured a re analysis of affection and the bonds that final a lifetime,” Hermanus stated in an announcement. “The Historical past of Sound will not be merely the story of queer lives hidden resulting from a time of denial, of disgrace and secrecy. It’s the story of a person’s life, expressed by the ability of sound — as reminiscence, as emotion… As household.”
He continued, “Our movie is an providing of an thought, a really potent one – what if one’s past love, one’s nice love, and one’s final love are multi function, and all too quickly in a single’s life…? What’s it to stay a life that’s an echo? What does it sound like, looking back? And if provided a selection, would you modify the course of your life’s path? Made with a deep affection for cinema that doesn’t shout or scream its intention, our movie invitations you to take pleasure in track and spirit, to have a good time life in all its marvel — its losses, its grief, its remembrance, and most of all, its plain and indelible mark – love.”
