Hadestown: The Musical vs Happy as Lazzaro
Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 7.4/10 for Happy as Lazzaro). Happy as Lazzaro is the shorter watch at 2h 8m compared with 2h 21m. Happy as Lazzaro is the older of the two (2018 against 2026). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hadestown: The Musical
Happy as Lazzaro| Hadestown: The Musical | Happy as Lazzaro | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.9/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 21m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Brett Sullivan | Alice Rohrwacher |
| Main cast | Reeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-Baker | Alba Rohrwacher, Nicoletta Braschi, Sergi López, Tommaso Ragno, Alessandro Genovesi |
Synopsis
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.)
Happy as Lazzaro
Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.
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