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The History of Sound

The History of Sound

6.4/ 10

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2025

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128 min

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Drama
Romance
Music

Overview

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

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Keywords

world war i
boston, massachusetts
conservatory
folk music
road trip
maine
male homosexuality
period drama
new england
based on short story
oxford, england
lgbt
1920s
1980s
1910s
gay romance
countryman
gay theme
festival chéries chéris

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Reviews(4)

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badelf

November 7, 2025

9
9/10

The History of Sound: The Casablanca of the 21st Century "The History of Sound" is an incredibly powerful love story, I'm calling it the "Casablanca" of the 21st century. That's not hyperbole. Like Bogart's immortal line: "If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it.

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Bessie

Bessie

@bmnics

November 9, 2025

Brokeback for Academics I liked it, but it needed much much much more music. My folk music loving heart is melting.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 30, 2026

7
7/10

Man of the moment Paul Mescal also had a hand on the tiller of this drama about a musical prodigy (“Lionel”) who grew up subsistence farming in rural Kentucky. With little to entertain the family but their own skills, he was not only a singer but he could imagine music as something altogether more t

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WhiteBalloonProductions

WhiteBalloonProductions

February 9, 2026

This film didn't get the attention it deserved. It is a slow, slow burn, and patience is required. The payoff is explosive. What an incredible story, brought to life by actors who have such a gift and understanding of the power of subtlety and nuance.

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