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Hector and the Search for Happiness

Year:

2014

Duration:

120 min | USA:114 min

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Peter Chelsom

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: Germany

Release Date: 2014-08-14

Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Earnings

Gross: $252,000 (USA) (28 September 2014)

Cast

Actor

Character

Rosamund Pike

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hlubi Mboya

Simon Pegg

Hector

Tracy Ann Oberman

Pathetic Jane

Jean Reno

Diego Baresco

Veronica Ferres

Anjali

Barry Atsma

Michael

Ming Zhao

Ying Li

Togo Igawa

Old Monk

Christopher Plummer

Professor Coreman

Bruce Fontaine

Malcolm

Chad Willett

Alan

Bernard Cuffling

Professor Niedorf

Jakob Davies

Young Hector

Chris Gauthier

Roger

Dean Paul Gibson

Joyless Husband

Michael Adamthwaite

Queen's Guard

Vincent Gale

Clara's Boss

Gabrielle Rose

French Proprietress

Thorsten Wedekind

Stressed German

Eileen Barrett

Joyless Wife

Alexa Damián

Business Class Stewardess #1

Malcolm Boddington

Doorman

Stellan Skarsgård

Edward

Gribunina Marina

Passport Control

Megan White

Business Class Stewardess #2

Ingrid Lin

Little Girl at Airport

Ana Trujic

Economy Class Stewardess

Wang Qiong

Chinese Club Manager

Neil Li

Hotel Receptionist

Aaron Le

Young Monk

Joo Kyeong Lee

Shanghai Airport Ticket Lady

S'Thandiwe Kgoroge

Marie Louise

Christine Le Bronq

Old Lady African Airport

Anthony Oseyemi

Marcel

Dalias Blake

Bartender

Sebelethu Bonkolo

Baruti

Mary Twala

Grim Granny

Sam Medupe

Taxi Driver

Charles Baloyi

Carjacker #1

Senzo Vilakazi

Carjacker #2

Akin Omotoso

African Boss

Walter Chukwu

African Party Band Singer

Abraham's Seed

African Party Band

Tessa Jubber

First Class Passenger

Sivan Raphaely

Stewardess - LA Flight

Gys de Villiers

Pilot

Toni Collette

Agnes

Chantel Herman

Dying Woman on Plane

Hannah Longworth

Daisy

Aiden Longworth

Jack

Elizabeth McLaughlin

Coreman's Assistant

Jordan Schartner

Evil Plane Assassin

Alexandra Doyle

Commuter (uncredited)

Miroslav Karel

Airport Tourist (uncredited)

Raj Lal

Bartender (uncredited)

Marcus Shakesheff

Office Boy (uncredited)

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Trivia

Hector has several Tintin books and posters in his office, and his father also refers to him by his childhood nickname of Tintin. Simon Pegg previously appeared in The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

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Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike play a couple in this movie. They previously appeared together in The World's End (2013).

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The second of two 2014 films to feature both Toni Collette and Rosamund Pike, although they do not share the same scene here. The first was A Long Way Down (2014).

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Goofs

Hector uses computers and more specifically Skype several times to videochat with his girlfriend, yet none of the computers he uses seem to be equipped with the necessary camera or microphone that enables his girlfriend to see and hear him.

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Quotes

Professor Coreman: How many of us I wonder can recall that childhood moment when we experienced happiness as a state of being, that single moment of untarnished joy that moment when everything in our world, inside and out was alright, everything was alright.

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Hector: Happiness is sometimes loving two women at the same time.

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