The Cannes Film Festival competition tonight has listened to The history of soundThe first time of director Oliver Hermanus in the main theater. He was met with a nine -minute ovation that only slowed down because they had to take care of the next first in the film.
Long -term cinema features Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor in a story of love and music that extends over decades.
In his remarks at the crowd after the projection, Hermanus praised “the genius that is Paul Mescal”.
Mescal plays Lionel, a talented singer of rural Kentucky raised on the songs that her father sang. In 1917, he left his family farm to attend the Boston music conservatory and met David (O’Connor), a charming composition student who was quickly drafted at the end of the First World War. In 1920, the two spent a winter walking in the Maine forests and islands. Lionel derives through Europe in their twenties and thirties, building a new life of success and deep happiness, and to live new loves. However, he is constantly withdrawn from memories of his short time with David, trying to understand the impact of their relationship. Finally, a reminder of their work together reveals why their connection sounded strong.
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O’Connor has two films here in Cannes this year, with the art image of Kelly Reichardt The brain Due to the beginnings later this week. He previously told Deadline that The history of sound “Play in this feeling of nostalgia and regret and loss … What is so beautiful on this subject is this feeling of song and music. When you listen to a piece of music and transport you to a certain place or a time, and if you close your eyes, you can feel like you really are.”
O’Conner did not attend the premiere of this evening due to work commitments, but Hermanus nevertheless congratulated him in his post-procedure remarks.
