HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
synopsis
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.
international title: | Hector and the Search for Happiness |
original title: | Hector and the Search for Happiness |
country: | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Peter Chelsom |
film run: | 114' |
release date: | DE 14/08/2014, UK 15/08/2014, IE 15/08/2014, AT 22/08/2014, NL 09/10/2014, BE 12/11/2014, LV 14/11/2014, ES 05/12/2014, EE 12/12/2014 |
screenplay: | Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay |
cast: | Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Jordan Schartner, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Veronica Ferres, Jakob Davies, Chris Gauthier |
cinematography by: | Kolja Brandt |
film editing: | Claus Wehlisch |
art director: | Laurel Bergman, Emilia Roux |
costumes designer: | Guy Speranza |
music: | Dan Mangan, Jesse Zubot |
producer: | Klaus Dohle, Trish Dolman, Christine Haebler, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Judy Tossell |
co-producer: | Veronica Ferres, John Albanis, Nina Maag |
production: | Egoli Tossell Film, Wild Bunch Germany, Head Gear Films, Screen Siren Pictures, Film Afrika Worldwide |
backing: | Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Star Gate Films |
distributor: | Imagine, Wild Bunch Distribution Germany |