Paul Mescal Seduces Cannes With Gay Romance ‘The History of Sound’

Paul Mescal came to seduce Cannes, and seems to be working.

The young red star of The Sound History He received a warm welcome from the audience of the Festival for the World premiere of the new Oliver Hermanus film, in competition, in Cannes on Wednesday night.

Hermanus and Mescal walked on the red carpet, while co -star Josh O’Conner did not reach the croisette for the Sound history debut, but on Friday is expected for the premiere of Kelly Reichardt’s The master mindin which he also stars.

Also walking the Sound history The carpets were members of the Raphael Sbarge castle, Molly Price, Hadley Robinson, Emma Canning and Peter Mark Kendall, as well as Fast and furious star Michelle Rodríguez; John C. Reilly and Italian actor Alessandro Borghi, here with the neo-western Heads or tails? playing in a certain respect; and Julian Assange, in the city for the premiere of The 6 billion dollarsDocumentary of the director Eugene Jarecki on the founder of Wikileaks.

The historical romantic drama follows David (O’Connor) and Lionel (Mescal), two young people who meet in 1917 at the Boston Music Conservatory and then travel through the Rural Maine that record American folk songs after the First World War.

The Sound History It is based on the short history of the same name as Ben Shattuck, who adapted his story for the screen. Hermanus is known for its 2011 characteristic Beautywho won the queer palm in Cannes; LGBTQ South African Night Bafta drama Moffie (2019); and the function 2022 Living Starring Bill Night.

MUBI will launch The Sound History In North America, with Universal Pictures International Handling International Territories.

The film was received with warm and enthusiastic applause when Mescal and the director adopted. Taking the microphone, Hermanus thanked his «brother in arms that he could not be here, Josh O’Connor», who is currently filming a movie, but «we miss him, we love him.» The director said that the project had been «one of the great creative collaborations of my short career» and thanked his star for making it come true.

«We would never have made this movie (without him),» he said. «This is a testimony of Paul Mescal’s genius.»