Name: Hector and the Search for Happiness
Director: Peter Chelsom

Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

Unfulfilled by his career as a psychiatrist, Hector leaves everything behind and travels around the world in search of true happiness.

Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Veronica Ferres, Barry Atsma, Simon Pegg, Togo Igawa, Jakob Davies, Tracy Ann Oberman

Runtime: 01h 59m
Type: Movie

Unfulfilled by his career as a psychiatrist, Hector leaves everything behind and travels around the world in search of true happiness.

Runtime: 01h 59m
Type: Movie

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