Overview

• The newly released trailer stars Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor as Lionel and David, music students whose bond over folk song collecting in 1917 shapes their lives.
• MUBI will open the film theatrically on September 12 following its acquisition, marking a key step toward awards season.
• The History of Sound earned a nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes and drew praise for its dusty, textured romance and soft focus on intimacy.
• Adapted from Ben Shattuck’s short story, the cast also includes Molly Price, Alison Bartlett and Chris Cooper, and the production overcame pandemic financing and strike-related setbacks.
• Oliver Hermanus frames the narrative around sound as memory and emotion, offering a quieter queer love story built on intellectual connection rather than physical explicitness.