Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014 Peter Chelsom)

French psychiatrist and author François Lelord published 'Le Voyage de Hector ou la Recherche du Bonheur' in 2002 and it's been adapted by the director (Serendipity, Funny Bones), Maria von Heland and Tinker Lindsay. It's a rather good film, very well acted by a multinational cast - Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Ming Zhao (Chinese prostitute), Togo Igawa (wise monk), Sthandiwe Kgorge (African lady on plane), Jean Reno, Akin Omotoso, Chantal Herman (dying lady), Toni Collette, Barry Atsma and Christopher Plummer.

Good illustrations, funny and poignant moments.

Photographed by Kolja Brandt.