
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.
Directed by Peter Chelsom
Produced by Screen Siren Pictures, Egoli Tossell Film
A warm, playful globe-trotting comedy about a disillusioned psychiatrist seeking the meaning of happiness through travel and human connection.
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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Is Hector and the Search for Happiness violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.
Does Hector and the Search for Happiness end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.
Is Hector and the Search for Happiness scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is Hector and the Search for Happiness easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.
Is Hector and the Search for Happiness sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.
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