Hector and the Search for Happiness

Hector and the Search for Happiness

  • Director: Peter Chelsom
  • Writer: Maria von Heland,Peter Chelsom,Tinker Lindsay
  • Countries of origin: Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, United
  • Language: English, French, German
  • Release date: August 14, 2014
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Гектор і пошуки щастя
  • "Hector and the Search for Happiness" is a comedy film directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Dr. Russel Fell , Rosamund Pike and Toni Collette . The film was released in Germany on August 14, 2014.
    The film is adapted from Francis Lelor's novel of the same name. It tells the story of a psychologist who has accumulated pressure to the breaking point and decides to leave the established track and embark on a completely different life journey to find the real "happiness"   .

    Details

    • Release date August 14, 2014
    • Filming locations Karwendel Mountains, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies Egoli Tossell Pictures, Film Afrika Worldwide, Construction Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,124,445

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $40,847

    Gross worldwide

    $6,337,728

    Movie reviews

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    • By Mason 2022-03-26 09:01:08

      Happiness is an aurora intertwined with unhappiness - justifying the 'low score' movie

      From "Insignificant" to "Shaun of Zombies" more and more like Simon Pegg. So that's why I watched this "low 6.8" movie in the first place. Although everyone's comments scored very low and there were countless negative comments, this chicken soup movie really warmed my heart. I smiled at the end and even brought tears to my eyes every time.

      Although everyone says "that Chinese girl "ugly girl" looks...that Tibetan Japanese...Simon Pegg's worst movie...what brings down...

    • By Renee 2022-03-26 09:01:08

      duty to be happy

      1. Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.
        People who always like to make comparisons can't feel happiness.
      2. A lot of people think happiness means being
        richer or more important.
      3.Many people only see happiness in the future
        .
      4.Happiness could be the freedom to love more than one woman at the same time
        . (It was later crossed out by him)
      5.Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.
        Happiness sometimes comes from deception....

    • By Julius 2022-03-25 09:01:12

      witty happiness

      Hector, who has the life that most ordinary people expect, keeps repeating his life in such a life, over and over, over and over again. And the thing that happens to be similar to most of our lives is that we do the same over and over, over and over again.

      He is a psychiatrist who sees many different types of patients, and he has everything that every ordinary person strives for, and has the perfect life that most people want. However, when he met a client one day, a very neurotic,...

    • By Mona 2022-03-25 09:01:12

      For those who are at a low point

      There are all kinds of troughs in this world, your troughs his troughs, her troughs. Due to different experience backgrounds, people experience different emotions and feelings when they experience a downturn. In this film, the male protagonist's very tacky "journey to find happiness" is used to show people the different forms of happiness. Finally, the male protagonist goes deep into his heart, digs the inner shadow, and finally walks out of the haze.
        This type of heartwarming movie...

    • By Hope 2022-03-25 09:01:12

      A Poem Summary: Hector in Search of Happiness

      My name is Heike,
      I'm a psychologist , I'm a psychologist, I'm walking down the constant streets, and I'm so patient,
      I want to get out of here and look for the golden fleece floating in the clouds. The notebook starts slowly. The first stop, Shanghai Station , is a bustling night city under the neon lights. After all, the happiness bought by money is an easy-to-forget one-night stand. The next stop is Tibet Station . Continue on Africa Station In the vast wilderness, the borders of...

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    • By Maia 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Also check out Chicken Soup for the...

    • By Cale 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      Find a Japanese to play the...

    • By Alda 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      A bowl of misplaced chicken soup... from an Air France...

    • By Therese 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      On the European...

    • By Jaden 2022-04-23 07:03:06

      Can happiness be found? The film provides an almost clichéd answer: go out and see how different people in the world live and how happiness is defined. Looking back, you will find the little happiness of stability and happiness in your own life. . Just going to Shanghai, Africa and Los Angeles can change lives. The film has a fairytale quality to it, but maybe the director is just encouraging people to keep your Boy Scout mentality and embrace...

    Evaluation action

    Many foreshadowings were laid in the film from the very beginning. After Hector circled the earth, the audience did not directly understand the real reason for the location. At this time, the audience suddenly realized that happiness is waiting for themselves to find. The so-called "15 ways to be happy" are actually all kinds of bizarre people, things, and things encountered by the actor Hector during his trip, which are transformed...
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    Movie quotes

    • Dying Woman on Plane: I'm not afraid, Hector. People who are afraid of death are afraid of life.

    • Agnes: Kids, this is... this is mommy's Hector.

    • Professor Coreman: We should concern ourselves, not so much with the pursuit of happiness, but with the happiness of pursuit.

      [class laughs and applauds]