HECTOR
by Jake Gavin
synopsis
The heartwarming story and powerful portrait of Hector - an enigmatic man in contemporary Britain. Living around the motorways with transient friends for years, we follow their annual pilgrimage from Scotland to a London shelter and the warmth of a temporary Christmas family. But Hectors’ clock is ticking and he attempts to reconnect with his real family after 15 years away. Peter Mullan’s masterful, uplifting performance reveals a mere twist of fate is the only difference between you, me and a man like Hec. A portrait of an invisible man and an authentic account of homelessness within contemporary Britain, HECTOR is once a powerful character study and an insight into the lives on those on the margins.
international title: | Hector |
original title: | Hector |
working title: | Hec McAdam |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Urban Sales |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jake Gavin |
film run: | 87' |
screenplay: | Jake Gavin |
cast: | Peter Mullan, Gina McKee, Stephen Tompkinson |
cinematography by: | David Raedeker |
film editing: | Guy Bensley |
art director: | Natalie Astridge, Anthony Neale |
costumes designer: | Denise Coombes |
music: | Emily Barker |
producer: | Stephen Malit |
co-producer: | Simon Mallinson |
production: | A Product of Malitsky |
distributor: | Eurozoom |