Hadestown: The Musical vs Welcome

Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 7.2/10 for Welcome). Welcome is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 21m. Welcome is the older of the two (2009 against 2026). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hadestown: The Musical posterHadestown: The Musical2026 VS Welcome posterWelcome2009
Hadestown: The MusicalWelcome
Audience score★ 8.9/10★ 7.2/10
Year20262009
Length2h 21m1h 50m
GenresDrama, Fantasy, RomanceDrama, Romance
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorBrett SullivanPhilippe Lioret
Main castReeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-BakerMurat Subaşı, Yannick Renier, Thierry Godard, Blandine Pélissier, Vincent Lindon

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.)

Welcome

Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais

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