Hector( 2015)

TV-MADrama

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A little bit of hope can go a long way

Overview

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 His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food.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

Top Billed 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
Anna Bolton
Showroom Receptionist
Finlay McLean
Laurie 'Neeshy' McNeish
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Newsagent
Jamie Michie
Davey
Darren Connolly
War Veteran
Charity Trimm
Paramedic
Reaghan Reilly
Police Officer
Anita Vettesse
Till Lady
Emily Barker
Shelter Entertainer No.1
Fabs Latham
Shelter Entertainer #2
Olivia Jewson
Shelter Volunteer
Janet Dawe
Shelter Volunteer
Craig J. Seath
Hospital Patient
Lynsey-Anne Moffat
Hospital Receptionist

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A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on Sat Jan 30 2021

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 ...