Hector and the Search for Happiness
“Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.”
2014•R•1h 54m•6.7•Released
AdventureDramaComedy
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.
Director
Peter Chelsom
Writer
Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay
Revenue
$1M
Languages
German, English, French
Studio
Screen Siren Pictures
Cast
Simon Pegg
Hector
Rosamund Pike
Clara
Toni Collette
Agnes
Stellan Skarsgård
Edward
Christopher Plummer
Professor Coreman
Jean Reno
Diego Baresco
Barry Atsma
Michael
Veronica Ferres
Anjali
Ming Zhao
Ying Li
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Pathetic Jane
Chad Willett
Alan
Togo Igawa
Old Monk
Mary Twala
Grim Granny
Bernard Cuffling
Professor Niedorf
Jakob Davies
Young Hector
Production
Company
Screen Siren Pictures
Company
Egoli Tossell Film
Company
Relativity Media
Company
Bankside Films
Company
Erfftal Film- & Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG
Company
Head Gear Films
Company
Star Gate Films
Company
Metrol Technology
Company
Film House Germany
Company
Wild Bunch Germany
Company
Construction Film
Company
Téléfilm Canada
Company
Film Afrika
Company
China Blue Productions
Company
Outlaw Films
Company
ARD Degeto
Producer
Klaus Dohle
Producer
Trish Dolman
Producer
Christine Haebler
Producer
Phil Hunt
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