Oliver Hermanus | USA/UK | 2025 | 2h5m | English audio with English subtitles
Set during World War I, Oliver Hermanus’s quiet, romantic epic follows two young men, Lionel and David, who are hired to record the ballads of rural Americans before they vanish into the noise of modernity.
Their journey across a changing nation becomes a meditation on intimacy, identity, and the fragile act of listening.
Adapted from Ben Shattuck’s acclaimed short story, the film captures the tactile feel of wax cylinders and field recordings, mixing sensuality with melancholia.
Featuring Josh O'Connor and Paul Mescal, it is a work of hushed emotion and visual poetry, revealing Hermanus at his most tender and humanistic.