The History of Sound

Name: The History of Sound
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: September 12, 2025
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 64

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MUBI | Release Date: September 12, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.

Genre(s): Drama, History, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 127 min

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NME Lou Thomas

May 22, 2025

A deeply sad movie about thwarted love, The History of Sound is essential viewing. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Sep 17, 2025

A bit muted, especially for a movie about songcraft, The History of Sound nevertheless quietly builds in import until it reaches a devastating finale, one that musically meditates on the impermanence of love and life Read full review

Lee Marshall

May 22, 2025

Reticence is also the keynote of The History of Sound’s two riveting central performances. Read full review

Marshall Shaffer

Sep 11, 2025

The film movingly conjures the feeling of music’s creation of a suspended present tense. Read full review

Phil de Semlyen

May 23, 2025

South African director Oliver Hermanus finds plenty of deep feeling and sincerity here but his beautiful-looking, measured period piece gets stifled by its own languors – especially in a first half that needs a slug or two of moonshine to inject some life into it. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Sep 12, 2025

Everything about “The History of Sound” is restrained to a fault—until it’s about the music. And then it bursts with passion and pure emotion. Read full review

Odie Henderson

Sep 18, 2025

The History of Sound is even more repressed than its characters, and at over two hours, that’s far from entertaining. Read full review

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