Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hector and the Search for Happiness

114 mins | Drama, Comedy, Adventure | Aug. 14, 2014

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.

Hector and the Search for Happiness

114 mins | Drama, Comedy, Adventure | Aug. 14, 2014

Hector and the Search for Happiness
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Film Afrika Worldwide, Téléfilm Canada, Egoli Tossell Film, Head Gear Films, ARD/Degeto Film, Relativity Media, China Blue Productions, Film House Germany, Wild Bunch Germany, Metrol Technology, Construction Film, Screen Siren Pictures, Bankside Films, Outlaw Films, Erfftal Film- & Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG, Star Gate Films
Original title Hector and the Search for Happiness
Directors Philip Nee Nee, Paula Antil, Paul Barry, Peter Chelsom
Writers François Lelord, Tinker Lindsay, Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom

Cast

Simon Pegg

as Hector

Rosamund Pike

as Clara

Toni Collette

as Agnes

Stellan Skarsgård

as Edward

Christopher Plummer

as Professor Coreman

Jean Reno

as Diego Baresco

Barry Atsma

as Michael

Veronica Ferres

as Anjali

Ming Zhao

as Ying Li

Tracy-Ann Oberman

as Pathetic Jane

Chad Willett

as Alan

Togo Igawa

as Old Monk

Mary Twala

as Grim Granny

Bernard Cuffling

as Professor Niedorf

Jakob Davies

as Young Hector

Chris Gauthier

as Roger

Dean Paul Gibson

as Joyless Husband

Eileen Barrett

as Joyless Wife

Michael Adamthwaite

as Queen's Guard

Vincent Gale

as Clara's Boss

Gabrielle Rose

as French Proprietress

Thorsten Wedekind

as Stressed German

Alexa Damián

as Business Class Stewardess

Malcolm Boddington

as Doorman

Gribunina Marina

as Passport Control

Ana Trujic

as Economy Class Stewardess

Aaron Le

as Young Monk

S'Thandiwe Kgoroge

as Marie Louise

Anthony Oseyemi

as Marcel

Sebelethu Bonkolo

as Baruti

Hannah Longworth

as Daisy

Aiden Longworth

as Jack

Jordan Schartner

as Evil Plane Assassin