Hector and the Search for Happiness Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Apr. 7, 2015

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Release Date: Friday, September 19, 2014 New York / Los Angeles

Chris Gauthier, Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Tinker Lindsay, Chad Willett, Stellan Skarsgard, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno, Peter Chelsom

N/A Drama N/A

3.6

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Plot

What's the story about?

Hector (Simon Pegg) is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike), 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.

Cited as official plot version from relativitymedia.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Hector and the Search for Happiness.

Simon Pegg
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Rosamund Pike
... Clara

HHhH, In the Grey
Toni Collette
... Agnes

Mickey 17, Juror No. 2
S
Stellan Skarsgard
... Edward

Dune: Part Two, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Christopher Plummer
... Professor Coreman

The Last Full Measure, Knives Out
J
Jean Reno
... Diego

Family Pack, My Penguin Friend
C
Chris Gauthier
... Roger
C
Chad Willett
... Alan

Crew Behind the Film

The Hector and the Search for Happiness behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Peter Chelsom last directed Berlin, I Love You and The Space Between Us. The film's writer Peter Chelsom last wrote The Mirror Thief.

Director: Peter Chelsom
Screenwriters: Peter Chelsom
Tinker Lindsay

Studios: Relativity Studios
Production Company: Egoli Tossell Film; Screen Siren Pictures

Additional Information

MPA Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

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Hector and the Search for Happiness Theatrical Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Hector and the Search for Happiness movie production.

Key Facts

Based on the novel by Francis Lelord.

Production Updates

May 2014

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

May 2012

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Hector and the Search for Happiness was released in New York / Los Angeles on Friday, September 19, 2014. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including The Maze Runner, This Is Where I Leave You and Reclaim.

Movie Theaters

2014-09-19 New York / Los Angeles

United States

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