Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

6.7/10 114 min Adventure Drama Comedy

Overview

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.

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

Chris Gauthier

Roger

Dean Paul Gibson

Joyless Husband

Eileen Barrett

Joyless Wife

Michael Adamthwaite

Queen's Guard

Vincent Gale

Clara's Boss

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