Paul Mescal showcases his singing talents in The History of Sound, a gay romance film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival also starring Josh O’Connor.

In Oliver Hermanus' drama, two music students form a profound attachment in early 20th century New England, reuniting years later to travel the Maine backwoods collecting traditional folk songs.

In this period drama, premiering at Cannes, two of Hollywood's buzziest male actors play lovers making music together – but ...

Oliver Hermanus' The History Of Sound is both musically inert and narratively repetitive, turning its queer romance into a ...

Cannes: Mescal and director Oliver Hermanus tell IndieWire about building intimacy with Josh O'Connor on a film that "isn't about repression, isn't about the struggle of two people having to take a ...

The Cannes Film Festival competition this evening tuned into The History of Sound, director Oliver Hermanus’ first time in the main theater. It was met with a nine-minute ovation that only slowed as ...

Despite the heavy subject matter, Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor developed a 'very light and boyish' atmosphere on the set of ...

At the heart of History of Sound is a wonderful gay romance between ... per the movie’s star Paul Mescal and South African director Oliver Hermanus. Mescal plays Lionel, a talented singer ...

Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor made Cannes Film Festival sob on Wednesday night with Oliver Hermanus’ “The History of Sound,” which earned a six-minute standing ovation. While Mescal ...

Watch on Deadline RELATED: Deadline Studio At Cannes Film Festival 2025: Paul Mescal ... Ultimately, The History of Sound belongs to Mescal and O’Connor, who both committed to it pre-pandemic ...

CANNES, France — If you are not perpetually online, you may have missed a TikTok titled “Paul Mescal ... premiere of Mescal’s singing-infused period epic, “The History of Sound,” at ...