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Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.

2014•1h 54m•6.7/10
AdventureDramaComedy

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6.7/10(939)

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

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Production

Screen Siren Pictures, Egoli Tossell Film, Relativity Media, Bankside Films, Erfftal Film- & Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG, Head Gear Films, Star Gate Films, Metrol Technology, Film House Germany, Wild Bunch Germany, Construction Film, Téléfilm Canada, Film Afrika, China Blue Productions, Outlaw Films, ARD Degeto

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

Hector

Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike

Clara

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Agnes

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Edward

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Professor Coreman

Jean Reno

Jean Reno

Diego Baresco

Barry Atsma

Barry Atsma

Michael

Veronica Ferres

Veronica Ferres

Anjali

Ming Zhao

Ming Zhao

Ying Li

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Pathetic Jane

Chad Willett

Chad Willett

Alan

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

Old Monk

Mary Twala

Mary Twala

Grim Granny

Bernard Cuffling

Bernard Cuffling

Professor Niedorf

Jakob Davies

Jakob Davies

Young Hector

Chris Gauthier

Chris Gauthier

Roger

Dean Paul Gibson

Dean Paul Gibson

Joyless Husband

Eileen Barrett

Eileen Barrett

Joyless Wife

Michael Adamthwaite

Michael Adamthwaite

Queen's Guard

Vincent Gale

Vincent Gale

Clara's Boss

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