Mubi has shared The Historical past 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 Competition, the film is now scheduled to reach in theaters on September 12, 2025,
“In 1917, Lionel—a younger, gifted music scholar—meets David on the Boston Conservatory, the place they bond over a deep love of people music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, resulting in an impromptu journey by way of the backwoods of Maine to gather conventional songs,” reads the official synopsis. “This sudden reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they accumulate 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 offers spotlight to the pair’s shifting and tragic romance that can stand towards the take a look at of time throughout an period once they should disguise who they’re. The solid additionally consists of 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, based mostly on his acclaimed quick story of the identical title 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 inventive workforce additionally consists of 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 concerning the energy of music and music, 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 shouldn’t be merely the story of queer lives hidden on account of a time of denial, of disgrace and secrecy. It’s the story of a person’s life, expressed by way of the facility of sound — as reminiscence, as emotion… As household.”
He continued, “Our movie is an providing of an concept, a really potent one – what if one’s old flame, 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 reside a life that’s an echo? What does it sound like, looking back? And if supplied a alternative, would you alter 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 music and spirit, to have a good time life in all its surprise — its losses, its grief, its remembrance, and most of all, its simple and indelible mark – love.”