Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor brought the heat to Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday night with Oliver Hermanus’ “The History of Sound,” which earned a six-minute standing ovation. While Mescal received a standing ovation when walking in,

That’s a question confronted by Oliver Hermanus ’s new film The History of Sound, which premiered here in Cannes on May 21. The film, based on a short story by Ben Shattuck, is about two young men who first meet in 1917,

The Cannes Film Festival competition tuned into The History of Sound starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor which got a nine-minute ovation.