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.

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Cast

Simon Pegg

Hector

Rosamund Pike

Clara

Toni Collette

Agnes

Stellan Skarsgård

Edward

Christopher Plummer

Professor Coreman

Jean Reno

Diego Baresco

Barry Atsma

Michael

Veronica Ferres

Anjali

Ming Zhao

Ying Li

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Pathetic Jane

Chad Willett

Alan

Togo Igawa

Old Monk

Mary Twala

Grim Granny

Bernard Cuffling

Professor Niedorf

Jakob Davies

Young Hector

Chris Gauthier

Roger

Dean Paul Gibson

Joyless Husband

Eileen Barrett

Joyless Wife

Michael Adamthwaite

Queen's Guard

Vincent Gale

Clara's Boss

Crew

Art

• Michael Diner Production Design
• Laurel Bergman Art Direction
• Jo Mooney Art Direction
• Emilia Roux Art Direction
• Fabienne van de Koolwijk Art Direction
• James Willcock Set Decoration
• John Beatty Construction Coordinator
• Shannon Courte Assistant Art Director
• Ariane Haase Assistant Art Director
• Kate Hilson Graphic Designer
• Jason McConnell Leadman
• Joy Munt Assistant Set Decoration

Camera

• Kolja Brandt Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Guy Speranza Costume Design
• Anne Carroll Key Hair Stylist
• Monica Huppert Key Makeup Artist
• Nadine Scherer Makeup & Hair

Crew

• Dominik Bollen Post Production Supervisor
• Olly Steele Armorer
• Alex Burdett Special Effects Coordinator
• Scott J. Ateah Stunt Coordinator
• Dan Hirst Stunt Double

Directing

• Peter Chelsom Director
• Paula Antil Third Assistant Director
• Paul Barry First Assistant Director
• Philip Nee Nee Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Claus Wehlisch Editor

Production

• Deborah Aquila Casting
• Judy Lee Casting
• Tricia Wood Casting
• Klaus Dohle Producer
• Trish Dolman Producer
• Christine Haebler Producer
• Phil Hunt Producer
• Compton Ross Producer
• Judy Tossell Producer
• John Albanis Co-Producer
• Nina Maag Co-Producer
• Christian Angermayer Producer

Sound

• Dan Mangan Original Music Composer
• Jesse Zubot Original Music Composer
• Matt Biffa Music Supervisor
• Riza Aydin ADR Recordist
• Adrian Baumeister Dialogue Editor
• Simon Bright Boom Operator
• Colette D. Dahanne Sound Editor
• Jesse Ehredt Sound Recordist
• Tim Limer Sound Recordist
• Dash Mason-Malik Boom Operator
• Sebastian Morsch Foley Editor
• Carsten Richter Foley Artist

Visual Effects

• Stefan Kessner Visual Effects Supervisor
• Maren Dolzmann Visual Effects Coordinator

Writing

• Maria von Heland Screenplay
• Peter Chelsom Screenplay
• Tinker Lindsay Screenplay
• François Lelord Novel

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