‘The History of Sound’ Is Streaming Now, but It’s Got Nothing on Paul Mescal’s Best Movie So Far
You can now check out Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor’s new romantic drama on digital platforms, but the former’s fans might want to revisit the 2022 heartbreaking movie afterwards.
The spooky season is over now, and November might be the best time for cozy nights at home watching all kinds of compelling dramas, with one of those arriving on streaming just a couple of days ago.
Starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, The History of Sound was released on digital platforms on November 1 and recounts the history of relationships between two men embark on an adventure of collecting different folk songs in their native Maine sometime in the 1920s.
The movie received various accolades and might be competing for an Oscar in the upcoming several months, yet its story still doesn’t hit as hard as the one that starred Paul Mescal and premiered back in 2022.
Paul Mescal’s ‘Aftersun’ Remains His Best Movie So Far
- On Rotten Tomatoes, Aftersun holds scores of 96% and 81% from critics and audiences
- On IMDb, the movie is rated 7.6/10
Even though the actor has gone as far as receiving lots of prestigious awards by the age of 29, his only Oscar nomination at the moment belongs to Charlotte Wells’ coming-of-age drama film Aftersun.
The plot is loosely based on Wells’ own experience of having troubled relationships with her father who dies when she was 16, yet proved himself as a very involved parent during her younger years.
Aftersun stars Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal as Sophie Patterson and her father Calum who travel to a Turkish holiday resort ahead of the latter’s 31st birthday.
In between all sorts of holiday activities and dinners at the hotel’s restaurants, Sophie notices that behind Calum’s smile and presence for his daughter hides something truly tragic which she can’t help her father resolve.
In the meantime, to capture as much as possible during this rare outing with her distant parent, Sophie takes use of her mini camera, the recordings of which serve for the now grown-up character as a puzzle she tries to piece together to understand what at that holiday resort led to one of the biggest tragedies in her life.
‘Aftersun’ Is Charlotte Wells’ Outstanding and Devastating Feature Debut
Despite being involved in several more projects since 2014, Wells was never on board as a movie’s helmer until Aftersun which garnered her worldwide recognition and earned more than 120 awards nominations in total.
“A quiet, emotionally unmooring portrait of father and daughter in moments of blissful silliness and small confessions... it’s a devastatingly honest rendition of the aftershocks of a parent’s love when we realise, too late, the simple joys we shared”, AEU News’ Stephen A. Russell wrote about the movie back in the day.
“Charlotte Wells's feature debut, a heartbreaking portrait of a father and daughter, is an ode to memory that dotingly recalls the texture and details of a childhood holiday”, INews.co.uk’s Christina Newland shared.
