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Hector and the Search for Happiness

20141h 54mAdventure · Drama · Comedy
directed by Peter Chelsom

“Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.”

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6.7 / 10
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6.9 / 10
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29 / 100
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Synopsis

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