“What if your first love is your greatest love — and your last love?” That is the question at the heart of “The History of Sound,” the new historical romantic drama starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, which premieres Friday in theaters. Directed by Oliver Hermanus and adapted by writer Ben Shattuck from his own short story of the same name, the film explores the impact of a fleeting romance between Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor), two Boston Conservatory music students who meet at a piano bar in 1917 — where Lionel overhears David singing a song from his youth — and quickly fall for each other. Several years later, after serving in World War I, David asks Lionel to join him on an impromptu trip through

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