Drama

Hector

- A little bit of hope can go a long way

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 His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food.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.

Release Date : 2015-12-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : A Product of MalitskyAimimage ProductionsGoldfinch Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Hector McAdam

Original Name : Peter Mullan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimbo

Original Name : Keith Allen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hazel

Original Name : Natalie Gavin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Ewan Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sara

Original Name : Sarah Solemani

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dougie

Original Name : Laurie Ventry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Derek

Original Name : Stephen Tompkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lizzie

Original Name : Gina McKee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Mother

Original Name : Sharon Rooney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ted

Original Name : James Tarpey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sol

Original Name : John Colleary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kate, Cafe Proprietor

Original Name : Christine Tremarco

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chiropodist

Original Name : Ashley McGuire

Gender : Female

Character Name : Showroom Receptionist

Original Name : Anna Bolton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laurie 'Neeshy' McNeish

Original Name : Finlay McLean

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsagent

Original Name : Hardeep Singh Kohli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Davey

Original Name : Jamie Michie

Gender : Male

Character Name : War Veteran

Original Name : Darren Connolly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paramedic

Original Name : Charity Trimm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Officer

Original Name : Reaghan Reilly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Till Lady

Original Name : Anita Vettesse

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shelter Entertainer No.1

Original Name : Emily Barker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shelter Entertainer #2

Original Name : Fabs Latham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shelter Volunteer

Original Name : Olivia Jewson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shelter Volunteer

Original Name : Janet Dawe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Patient

Original Name : Craig J. Seath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Receptionist

Original Name : Lynsey-Anne Moffat

Gender : Female

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2021-06-23

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.