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Hector and the Search for Happiness
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Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014-08-14 · 114 min · ★ 6.7

Adventure · Drama · Comedy

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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Directors
Peter Chelsom
Production companies
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
Countries
Canada, China, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 1,124,445

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Simon PeggSimon PeggHector
Rosamund PikeRosamund PikeClara
Toni ColletteToni ColletteAgnes
Stellan SkarsgårdStellan SkarsgårdEdward
Christopher PlummerChristopher PlummerProfessor Coreman
Jean RenoJean RenoDiego Baresco
Barry AtsmaBarry AtsmaMichael
Veronica FerresVeronica FerresAnjali
Ming ZhaoMing ZhaoYing Li
Tracy-Ann ObermanTracy-Ann ObermanPathetic Jane
Chad WillettChad WillettAlan
Togo IgawaTogo IgawaOld Monk
Mary TwalaMary TwalaGrim Granny
Bernard CufflingBernard CufflingProfessor Niedorf
Jakob DaviesJakob DaviesYoung Hector
Chris GauthierChris GauthierRoger
Dean Paul GibsonDean Paul GibsonJoyless Husband
Eileen BarrettEileen BarrettJoyless Wife
Michael AdamthwaiteMichael AdamthwaiteQueen's Guard
Vincent GaleVincent GaleClara's Boss

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