The History of Sound

2025 film directed by Oliver Hermanus

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The Ankler
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Paul Mescal & Josh O’Connor in a Romantic Film: A Years-Long Gamble
September 11, 2025 - As with his previous film, Living, which earned Bill Nighy a best actor nomination — up against Paul Mescal for Aftersun, as it turns out — The History of Sound unspools slowly, quietly, telling the melancholy story of musicians Lionel (Mescal) ...
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Los Angeles Times
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'The History of Sound' review: Mescal, O'Connor in overly subtle romance - Los Angeles Times
September 12, 2025 - Josh O'Connor and Paul Mescal play secret lovers in director Oliver Hermanus' WWI-era romance, one that never sharpens into the vivid sense of heartbreak you're hoping for.
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MUBI
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Paul Mescal – Movies, Bio and Lists on MUBI
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor star in this nostalgic, aching romance, lifting a profound story of yearning in exquisitely tender performances.
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Wikipedia
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The History of Sound - Wikipedia
3 days ago - The History of Sound is a 2025 period romance drama film directed by Oliver Hermanus, written by Ben Shattuck, and based on a pair of his short stories: "The History of Sound" and "Origin Stories".
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Collider
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All 7 Paul Mescal Movies, Ranked
Carmen is perhaps the most out-there and risky movie Paul Mescal has appeared in so far, which isn't to say it’s great, but it is at least more interesting than Foe. Carmen takes a lot of swings and a good number of those swings miss, but what it’s going for is intriguing nonetheless, being something of a musical, road movie, and broadly tragic romance ...
Published   November 19, 2024
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The Guardian
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Paul Mescal says comparing his film romance with Josh O’Connor to Brokeback Mountain is ‘lazy and frustrating’ | Cannes film festival | The Guardian
May 22, 2025 - The actor Paul Mescal has hit out ... a gay romance in which he stars opposite Josh O’Connor, and Ang Lee’s landmark western Brokeback Mountain. Speaking at a press conference in Cannes the day after the film’s premiere, Mescal – who ...
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Wikipedia
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Paul Mescal - Wikipedia
4 days ago - Mescal rose to fame with his leading role in the BBC / Hulu romantic drama miniseries Normal People (2020), earning him the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor ...
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Collider
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Paul Mescal Finds His Next Tragic Romance in First Trailer for ‘The History of Sound’
July 24, 2025 - After making waves at Cannes, the new drama movie The History of Sound is getting ready to take over the world — and maybe kick off its awards season run. Led by Paul Mescal (Gladiator II) and Josh O'Connor (Challengers), the movie centers ...
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IMDb
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A man and a woman embark on an on-again/off-again romance that starts at school and continues through college, testing their relationship as they explore different versions of themselves.
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Cinemablend
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The Best Paul Mescal Movies And TV Shows And How To Watch Them | Cinemablend
January 17, 2024 - Mescal manages to shine in a cast full of top-notch performances and leaves another lasting impression. As of January 2024, All of Us Strangers is only available to watch in select theaters.
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'The History of Sound' movie review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor star in tender queer romance | AP News
September 10, 2025 - Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor have a fleeting romance in the period drama “The History of Sound.” The film, which opens in theaters Friday, is an adaptation of a short story, directed by Oliver Hermanus.
Release date   Jan 01, 2025
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The Guardian
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All of Us Strangers review – Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott tremendous in a beautiful fantasy-romance | Movies | The Guardian
January 26, 2024 - Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in All of Us Strangers ... Scott, Mescal and Claire Foy shine in a drama about a screenwriter who visits his childhood home to find his parents, who were killed in a car crash, still living there ...
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Cosmopolitan
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Every single one of Paul Mescal's movies and TV shows
August 30, 2023 - In this dramatic musical, Paul plays Aidan, who meets the titular character while she is flees through the Mexican desert to Los Angeles. Think dance numbers, emotional music and a heartbreaking romance between Aidan and Carmen (played by Melissa ...
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Letterboxd
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Films starring Paul Mescal
Romance · Science Fiction · Thriller · TV Movie · War · Western · Decade · Any decade · Upcoming · 2020s · 2010s · 2000s · 1990s · 1980s · 1970s · 1960s · 1950s · 1940s · 1930s · 1920s · 1910s · 1900s · 1890s · 1880s · 1870s · Paul Colm Michael Mescal (/ˈmɛskəl/ MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor.
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IMDb
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Paul Mescal | Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
August 30, 2023 - He plays Connell Waldron in the series 'Normal People' alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones and plays Sean McKeogh in the series 'The Deceived'. In 2021, Paul Mescal stars in his first feature film, 'The Lost Daughter' by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in the role ...
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Paul Mescal Movies and Series Ranked by Tomatometer | Rotten Tomatoes
September 10, 2025 - Critics Consensus: Breaking hearts and mending them in one fell swoop, Hamnet speculates on the inspiration behind Shakespeare's masterpiece with palpable emotional force thanks to Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal's astonishing performances.
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January 25, 2023 - Based on Ben Shattuck’s 2108 ... Lionel (Paul Mescal) and David (Josh O’Connor) who set out to record the lives, voices and music of the men fighting during World War I – throughout the process, they build a connection that brings an element of romance into the ...
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High On Films
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All Paul Mescal Movie Performances, Ranked | High On Films
March 2, 2025 - Mescal has carved a place for himself within just a few years with his evocative performances. Here’s the ranking of his works in movies until now: Benjamin Millepied’s ”Carmen” (2022) explores an intense romance that feels fated to ...
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Rolling Stone
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'All of Us Strangers': Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott's Ghostly Love Story Will Break Your Heart
December 22, 2023 - This romance between two men — as one man comes to grips with the ghost of his past — is designed to leave you devastated in the best ways imaginable.