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Hector and the Search for Happiness

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

★ 6.7 / 10 (1,005 votes)August 14, 2014114 minEN
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.

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Movie facts

Release dateAugust 14, 2014
StatusReleased
Runtime114 min
Rating★ 6.7 / 10
CertificationR
Original languageGerman, English, French
CountryCanada, China, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
Budget—
Revenue$1,124,445
ProductionScreen 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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Crew

Director

Peter Chelsom

Writers

Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay

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Cast

Simon PeggSimon PeggHector
Rosamund PikeRosamund PikeClara
Toni ColletteToni ColletteAgnes
Stellan SkarsgårdStellan SkarsgårdEdward
Christopher PlummerChristopher PlummerProfessor Coreman
Jean RenoJean RenoDiego Baresco
Barry AtsmaBarry AtsmaMichael
Veronica FerresVeronica FerresAnjali
Ming ZhaoMing ZhaoYing Li
Tracy-Ann ObermanTracy-Ann ObermanPathetic Jane
Chad WillettChad WillettAlan
Togo IgawaTogo IgawaOld Monk
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