Hector and the Search for Happiness
Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.
6.7(969) 2014-08-14 114 minAdventureDramaComedy
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.
DirectorPeter Chelsom
ScreenplayMaria von Heland
ScreenplayPeter Chelsom
ScreenplayTinker Lindsay
Original Music ComposerDan Mangan
Original Music ComposerJesse Zubot
ProducerKlaus Dohle
ProducerTrish Dolman
Cast & characters
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
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Thorsten Wedekind
as Stressed German
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Alexa Damián
as Business Class Stewardess
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Malcolm Boddington
as Doorman
