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Feature film — 2014

Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

6.71h 54mAdventure — 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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A high-signal pick with 1,004 votes.

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

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Director: Peter Chelsom

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Cast & crew

Simon Pegg as Hector

Simon Pegg

Hector

Rosamund Pike as Clara

Rosamund Pike

Clara

Toni Collette as Agnes

Toni Collette

Agnes

Stellan Skarsgård as Edward

Stellan Skarsgård

Edward

Christopher Plummer as Professor Coreman

Christopher Plummer

Professor Coreman

Jean Reno as Diego Baresco

Jean Reno

Diego Baresco

Barry Atsma as Michael

Barry Atsma

Michael

Veronica Ferres as Anjali

Veronica Ferres

Anjali

Ming Zhao as Ying Li

Ming Zhao

Ying Li

Tracy-Ann Oberman as Pathetic Jane

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Pathetic Jane

Chad Willett as Alan

Chad Willett

Alan

Togo Igawa as Old Monk

Togo Igawa

Old Monk

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