Across the Sea vs Hadestown: The Musical
Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 6.4/10 for Across the Sea). Across the Sea is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 21m. Across the Sea is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Across the Sea
Hadestown: The Musical| Across the Sea | Hadestown: The Musical | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 8.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 2h 21m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | Belgium | United Kingdom |
| Director | Saïd Hamich | Brett Sullivan |
| Main cast | Grégoire Colin, Anna Mouglalis, Ayoub Gretaa, Omar Boulakirba, Rym Foglia | Reeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-Baker |
Synopsis
Across the Sea
Twenty-seven-year-old Nour has immigrated illegally to Marseille, where he and his friends live a marginal and festive life. From 1990 to 2000, Nour loves, grows older and clings to his dreams, damaged by the melancholy of an irreversible exile.
Hadestown: The Musical
The tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice is intertwined with the complex relationship of Hades and Persephone. Eurydice, struggling with poverty, is lured to the industrial underworld of Hadestown by Hades, while Orpheus, a struggling musician, ventures down below to bring her back. (Filmed live at the Lyric Theatre, London, featuring the core five original Broadway cast members.)
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