Hector and the Search for Happiness
Directed by Peter Chelsom
Starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno, Barry Atsma, Veronica Ferres, Ming Zhao, Tracy-Ann Oberman
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RomanticHector 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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Maria von Heland, François Lelord, Tinker Lindsay, Peter Chelsom
- Music
- Dan Mangan, Jesse Zubot
- Cinematography
- Kolja Brandt
- Cast
- Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno, Barry Atsma, Veronica Ferres, Ming Zhao, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Chad Willett, Togo Igawa
Updated July 22, 2026
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