{"id":145782,"date":"2025-07-25T11:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=145782"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:55:47","slug":"paul-mescal-surprises-fans-with-upcoming-gay-film-premiering-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/paul-mescal-surprises-fans-with-upcoming-gay-film-premiering-later-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mescal surprises fans with upcoming gay film premiering later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trailer for <strong>The History of Sound<\/strong>, starring <strong>Josh O\u2019Connor<\/strong> and <em>Paul Mescal<\/em>, is finally here. The film is set in the World War I era, and follows characters David and Lionel as they fall in love while bonding over American folk stories. Their journey starts at the Boston Conservatory in 1917 and takes them on a mission across the country, with each moment collecting the voices of countrymen around America.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1948413126514470950\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paul Mescal &amp; Josh O\u2019Connor in \u2018THE HISTORY OF SOUND\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Oliver Hermanus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iX8QD1pCjk\">pic.twitter.com\/iX8QD1pCjk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1948413126514470950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The film premiered a<strong>t Cannes<\/strong> in May and earned a Palme d&#8217;Or nomination. Now, it is set to hit US theaters on September 12 and Canada on September 19, 2025. Early reviews are mostly positive, with a current 65 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The soundtrack has also been well-received due to its haunting and dreamy instrumentation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1948412898927415467\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The official trailer for Oliver Hermanus\u2019 \u2018THE HISTORY OF SOUND\u2019 starring Paul Mescal and Josh O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p>In theaters September 12.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAkvZQFgz3\">pic.twitter.com\/pAkvZQFgz3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1948412898927415467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With all of these ingredients, the upcoming movie has been compared to other gay films like <strong>Call Me By Your Name<\/strong> and<strong> Brokeback Mountain<\/strong>. Stil, some critics say it leans more into bittersweet reflection than steamy chemistry. But that does not make it any less powerful. Instead, it explores how short-lived love can linger forever, shaping the characters as the story progresses. Get ready for its premiere on September 12!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trailer for The History of Sound, starring Josh O\u2019Connor and Paul Mescal, is finally here. The film is set in the World War I era, and follows characters David and Lionel as they fall in love while bonding over American folk stories. Their journey starts at the Boston Conservatory in 1917 and takes them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":145783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-movies"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}