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Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 3

...a tourist, sampling the exotic flavors of the world, and he processes every hardship he encounters as a teachable moment.

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Cast & Crew

Peter Chelsom
Director
Christopher Plummer
As Professor Coreman
Jean Reno
As Diego Baresco
Toni Collette
As Agnes
Veronica Ferres
As Anjali

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Hector, a quirky London psychiatrist, is on a mission to find the secret to true happiness. Disillusioned with his own life and the fact that his patients aren't getting any happier, he embarks on a global quest to uncover the elusive formula for joy. Along the way, he encounters a diverse cast of characters, including a cranky businessman, a young woman living in Shanghai, a drug lord, and a group of villagers in Africa. Through his adventures and misadventures, Hector learns that true happiness isn't just one emotion, but a complex mix of all emotions. Will he find the happiness he's been searching for?

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