The History of Sound

2 conversations · 0.7h

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2025 · Drama, Romance, Music · 2h 8m

Budget $3M · Box office $3M

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.

Director Oliver Hermanus

Writers Ben Shattuck

Cinematography Alexander Dynan

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