The History of Sound
2025 · 2h 8m · Drama, Music, Romance · United Kingdom, United States of America · Rated R (US)
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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Oliver HermanusWritten by
Ben Shattuck6.6Smart score
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1910s1920s1980sbased on short storyboston, massachusettsconservatorycountrymanfestival chéries chérisfolk musicgay romancegay themelgbtmainemale homosexualitynew englandoxford, englandperiod dramaroad tripworld war i
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