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

Plot

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Plot

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.

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Top Cast

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

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  Simon Pegg

  Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Star Trek Beyond

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  Rosamund Pike

  ... Clara

  Gone Girl, In the Grey

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  Toni Collette

  ... Agnes

  Mickey 17, Juror No. 2

• S
  Stellan Skarsgard

  ... Edward

  The Avengers, Dune: Part Two

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  Christopher Plummer

  ... Professor Coreman

  Knives Out, 9

• J
  Jean Reno

  ... Diego

  My Penguin Friend, Lift

• 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 A Sudden Case of Christmas and Berlin, I Love You. The film's writer Peter Chelsom last wrote The Mirror Thief.

Director

Peter Chelsom

Screenwriters

Peter Chelsom
Tinker Lindsay

Production Details

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Key Facts

• Based on the novel by Francis Lelord.

Production Updates for Hector and the Search for Happiness

May 2014

Completed

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May 2012

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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