The History of Sound

The History of Sound

2025128 min6.8 / 10

A tender period romance following two young men's rekindled connection through shared passion for folk music, set against the atmospheric backdrop of 1910s-1920s New England.

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.

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