Hector and the Search for Happiness

Rating: 7/10 Adventure Comedy Drama

Release Year: 2014 Language: en

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 Members

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 Thorsten Wedekind as Stressed German Alexa Damián as Business Class Stewardess Malcolm Boddington as Doorman Gribunina Marina as Passport Control Ana Trujic as Economy Class Stewardess Aaron Le as Young Monk S'Thandiwe Kgoroge as Marie Louise Anthony Oseyemi as Marcel Sebelethu Bonkolo as Baruti Hannah Longworth as Daisy Aiden Longworth as Jack Jordan Schartner as Evil Plane Assassin