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From TMDb members · 1 total- Peter McGinn7/10
Hector is a quiet film, cautiously paced, which is to say if you require explosions, sex or violence to keep you alert, have a pillow handy. We follow the homeless Hector, but he isn’t the living in a box under the overpass kind of homeless. He keeps on the move, at least in the…
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Hector
“A little bit of hope can go a long way”
72%
Movie
1h 27m
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Hector (2015) — AI movie analysis
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Story & themes: Hector has been living on the motorways for years. His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food. The story follows his journey south from Scotland on his annual pilgrimage to a temporary Christmas shelter … Our models also surface themes such as family, friendship, and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~87 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Hector 72% (27 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
Hector has been living on the motorways for years. His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food. The story follows his journey south from Scotland on his annual pilgrimage to a temporary Christmas shelter in London where he finds comfort, friendship and warmth. Over the course of his Homeric journey, Hector decides to reconnect with his long estranged past. As his previous life catches up with him, the story of how he came to be leading a marginal life begins to emerge.
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- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2015-12-11
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- TMDB rating
- 7.2
- TMDB ID
- 345470
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Cast
Peter Mullan
Hector McAdam
Keith Allen
Jimbo
Natalie Gavin
Hazel
Ewan Stewart
Peter
Sarah Solemani
Sara
Laurie Ventry
Dougie
Stephen Tompkinson
Derek
Gina McKee
Lizzie
Sharon Rooney
Young Mother
James Tarpey
Ted
John Colleary
Sol
Christine Tremarco
Kate, Cafe Proprietor
Ashley McGuire
Chiropodist
- A
Anna Bolton
Showroom Receptionist
- F
Finlay McLean
Laurie 'Neeshy' McNeish
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Newsagent
Jamie Michie
Davey
Darren Connolly
War Veteran
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Hector is a quiet film, cautiously paced, which is to say if you require explosions, sex or violence to keep you alert, have a pillow handy. We follow the homeless Hector, but he isn’t the living in a box under the overpass kind of homeless. He keeps on the move, at least in the time covered by this movie, as he walks and hitchhikes his way from Glasgow, Scotland south to London for a Christmas shelter stay that seems to be a tradition for him. Perhaps due to a medical condition that arises, he chooses this migration to try to reconnect to his siblings. They don’t appreciate it. His brother is played angrily by Stephen Tompkinson and his sister by the actress you may have seen on recent shows such as Vera, I especially remember her as Irene from The Forsyth Saga. It is a great ensemble cast. I had a little trouble catching some of the dialogue in places, not so much because of the accents— I am used to that. It was more because he tended to almost mumble at times. But I was listening late at night and had the volume low. It isn’t a film I would want to watch a second time, but it was well worth the time to see it once.
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