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Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) [R]

Release Date:
August 14, 2014

Original Title:
Hector and the Search for Happiness

Alternate Titles:
Hector e a Procura da Felicidade
Hector's Reise oder die Suche nach dem Glück
Héctor en busca de la felicidad
Héctor y el secreto de la felicidad
寻找幸福的赫克托
尋找快樂的15種方法

Genres:
Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
ARD Degeto
Bankside Films
China Blue Productions
Construction Film
Egoli Tossell Film
Erfftal Film- & Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG
Film Afrika
Film House Germany
Head Gear Films
Metrol Technology
Outlaw Films
Relativity Media
Screen Siren Pictures
Star Gate Films
Téléfilm Canada
Wild Bunch Germany

Production Countries:
Canada | China | Germany | South Africa | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: M  CH: 12  DE: 12  ES: 7  GB: 15  IE: 15  JP: R15+  KR: 15  PT: M/12  US: R 

Runtime: 114

Sometimes to find yourself you need to get a little lost.

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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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ADR Recordist:
Riza Aydin

Armorer:
Olly Steele

Art Direction:
Fabienne van de Koolwijk
Laurel Bergman
Emilia Roux
Jo Mooney

Assistant Art Director:
Ariane Haase
Shannon Courte
Kate McColgan

Assistant Property Master:
Renata Zaleska

Assistant Set Decoration:
Joy Munt

Associate Producer:
Markus Reinecke
Mohammed Hans Dastmaltchi
Jens-Peter Stein
Yasin Qureshi

Boom Operator:
Simon Bright
Dash Mason-Malik

Casting:
Tricia Wood
Judy Lee
Deborah Aquila

Co-Producer:
Nina Maag
John Albanis
Oliver Damian

Construction Coordinator:
John Beatty

Construction Manager:
Raphaele Reineke

Costume Design:
Guy Speranza

Costume Designer:
Guy Speranza

Dialogue Editor:
Adrian Baumeister

Director:
Peter Chelsom

Director of Photography:
Kolja Brandt

Editor:
Claus Wehlisch

Executive Producer:
Jens Meurer
Yoshi Nishio
Alan Howard
Phil Hope
Roman Klink
Klemens Hallmann
Marc Gabizon
Benjamin Melkman
Marc Hansell
Elliot Ross
Rainer Puls
Markus Aldenhoven
Christine Strobl
Fenella Ross
Oliver Puls
Amelie von Kienlin
Ryan Kavanaugh
Tucker Tooley
Kim Arnott

First Assistant Director:
Paul Barry

Foley Artist:
Carsten Richter

Foley Editor:
Sebastian Morsch

Foley Mixer:
Marcus Sujata

Graphic Designer:
Kate Hilson

Key Hair Stylist:
Anne Carroll

Key Makeup Artist:
Monica Huppert

Leadman:
Jason McConnell

Line Producer:
Brad Van Arragon
Peter Hermann

Makeup & Hair:
Nadine Scherer

Music Supervisor:
Matt Biffa

Novel:
François Lelord

Original Music Composer:
Dan Mangan
Jesse Zubot

Post Production Supervisor:
Dominik Bollen

Producer:
Compton Ross
Klaus Dohle
Trish Dolman
Christine Haebler
Judy Tossell
Phil Hunt
Christian Angermayer

Production Assistant:
Evelin Penttilä

Production Design:
Michael Diner

Production Manager:
Jim O'Grady

Property Master:
Maggie Wilson

Screenplay:
Maria von Heland
Peter Chelsom
Tinker Lindsay

Second Assistant Director:
Philip Nee Nee

Set Decoration:
James Willcock

Sound Designer:
Markus Stemler

Sound Editor:
Colette D. Dahanne

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Martin Steyer

Sound Recordist:
Tim Limer
Jesse Ehredt

Special Effects Coordinator:
Alex Burdett

Stunt Coordinator:
Scott J. Ateah

Stunt Double:
Dan Hirst

Third Assistant Director:
Paula Antil

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Maren Dolzmann

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Stefan Kessner

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