"HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS" "Clara." "Hector!" "Morning, sweetheart." " Morning." "Time to rise, time to shine!" "Once upon a time there was a young psychiatrist called Hector, who had a very satisfactory life." "His world was tidy, uncomplicated." "And he liked it that way." "He took great comfort in its predictable patterns." "Patterns, his girlfriend Clara was happy to maintain." "Thank you." "Bye." "Any lapse was swiftly rectified." "TINTIN THE BLUE LOTUS" "Hector had a great deal of patience for his patients, if you see what i mean." "Everyday I ask myself:" "How could my marriege just explode the way it did?" "And, like all the best psychiatrists, he knew how to answer a question with a question." "Jane, what does "exploding" mean to you?" "It's no good!" "I've lost my psyhcic mojo." "I just can't see a way out." "All my clients leave me." "Hector, look at me, I want the truth." "Do you see my light?" "Here?" "Please don't lie to me." "I see your point." "His patients never crossed paths with each other." "They couldn't." "Once in a while, Hector prescribed pills with funny sounding names." "Roger, have you taken your meds?" "I am a fucking Ferrari!" " What?" "Experimenting until he'll end it upon the one most suitable." "Roger" " Two fat ladies, 88!" "His clients always returned." "They gave his name to their friends, who gave his name to their friends." "After all, Hector's rates were very fair." "They haven't changed in years." "Come to think of it." "Neither had Hector." "And if that wasn't enough." "Within six days, our Clara discovers the name for a companion drug, which had eluded the marketing department for six months." "Now that's the talent for words!" "But what I love most about her, is that in the ten years she has been with us, she has yet to discover the words "maternity" or "leave"." "Thank you all so much!" "What's in a name?" "Glamour of hope?" "A chance for change." " That's right." " A way to alleviate suffering." "It's been five years since we launched Tranquiline." "Correction." "No, it's been a lifetime for those who benefited from it." "From me emotional, to marketing." "I love you guys!" "Here is to making a difference!" "To making money!" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Come on!" "Give her some money!" "Twenty pounds!" "Hinreißend!" "What should I do?" "Sie faszinieren mich." "Wie heißen Sie?" "You are not working with these people?" "No, no." "I'm Hector." "I am a psychiatrist." "Psychiatrist!" "You can help me?" "I think not!" "But I want a penis." "A penis." " You mean happiness!" "Everybody want a penis, but you cannot hold a penis." "Yes, sorry." "It's elusive, yes." "You can't touch happiness." "You cannot touch a penis." "Hinreißend!" "Hector!" "I want a penis in my bottom of the heart." "No, no." "You want happiness, from the bottom of your heart." "That is what I said." "A penis." "In my bottom." "Stop it!" "Oh, Gosh!" "I love my Hector." " I love my Clara." "No, I mean it." "I love my weird, eccentric, nobody is like him Hector." "Promise me, you'll never change." "Thank you for humoring all my friends." "You know, I would do the same for you." "I don't have any friends." " Of course you do, Hector." "Back off Malcolm, that's not funny." "HECTOR SOCKS" "Give me your hand." "No, see?" "Nichts!" "Nothing!" "I can still, you know, talk the talk like you do, Hector." "Like the way you answer a question with a question." "What do you mean?" "There, that's it." "You are so transparent, Hector." "Am I?" "You have your noncommittal nonsense," "I have my New-Age-Waffle, I can serve up to any client." ""Your mother had a hard life" Tell me what mother hasn't has a hard life?" "Or "You are going on a journey." I feel like a fraud." "Don't tell me you don't know what I am talking about." "Every day, just going through the motions, never been authentic." "Authentic!" "You know what, Anjali?" "I think this represents some sort of growth." "You know, just be careful that when you have these visions, hallucinations, that the ego might just be shaping them to its own needs." "Let's try the medication for another week, shall we?" "Aber der Tumor war gutartig?" "Ja, nein, ja." "Nein." " Ja oder nein?" "Ja." "Also this is not even a cancer story." "Hector, you seem a little blue, not your usual self." "Is it Roger?" "No, no." "Actually, Ben, it's my other patients." "You know, they all like to think they are hopeless." "That's hopeless." "Are you happy?" "You are breaking up with me, aren't you?" " No!" "You can't come up with a question like that, you have to build up to it." "You know you have to have a preamble." " Alright, alright, I'm sorry." "Do you consider yourself to be happy?" "Alright, look." "I've got it." "Far be it from me, and forgive me for asking, and I don't mean to pry, but" "do you consider yourself as a happy person?" "Is this cause I am not ready to be a mother?" "Other hand, please." "Absolutely not." " But you don't have any on the left one." "Sorry." "This is nothing, nothing to do with you not being a mother." "I know what you're saying, Hector." "Noone wants to live with a person who will never be happy." "So you are..." " Back in business, yes." "And you can..." " Channel what's to come." "See the future, yes." "Give me your hand." " No, not again!" "Please!" "Come on!" "Wait, are we off the clock?" " Call it a day." " Cool." "But you are getting a bargain." "I charge more than you." "I'm telling you, you should put up your fees." "You're going on a journey." "Ja?" "Be serious." "I am." "You are." "To distant lands." "What is..." "Anything else?" "I see you at peace." "I see you happy." "Really?" "I see you loving like you have never loved before." "Yeah, well." "Maybe in my next life." " Hector, this is your next life." "I see you with a dead dog." " What?" " You are a little boy, you are crying." "Oh my god, you were an only child, a lonely child you poor thing." "No, it makes sense." "Your life, how exhausting." "I see a girl on a beach." " What do you mean a girl?" "Why didn't you ever call her?" " What do you mean, call her?" "Are you sterile?" " No, I am not sterile!" "No, no, wait, that's not it." "It's your life." "Why am I getting sterility?" "Someone is hurting you, making you angry." " Time's up." " It's you." "It's you." "You are making you angry." " This session..." "Just stop, ok, stop!" "Stop projecting." "I am not the patient here, Anjali." "So exhausting, exhausting." " Yes, yes, yes, so exhausting." "I know, I know." "Exhausting." " Thank you, I'll see you next week." "Thank you." "Who is Agnes?" "I can't sell the house." "The cracks are back." "They had taken it off the menu, the evening was ruined." "The only reason to go there was the white pie." "I'm thinking of taking in other people's laundry." "To get some extra cash, to help pay for the nanny." "Otherwise we are going under." "I was doing the exercises but I fell asleep." "And now the sergeant says I am not standing straight." "Nobody bought me a birthday - present I actually wanted." "I bought him odor away..." " ... but his feet really are a problem." "Nippels just aren't an erogenous zone for men." "I'm gonna have to cut the nanny down to five days a week." "It is a losing battle." " I am at the end of my rope." "Am Ende?" "Das nennen Sie am Ende sein?" "Ein Kind," "I'll give you a rope." "A child, witnessing his parents gunned down in a drive by shooting." "That is a rope." "A midwife, in Africa, trying to deliver babies with no running water." "That is a rope." "TinTin, literally, at the end of his rope." "Does he cut the rope to save his own life, or does he hold on to stop his friend from falling to a certain death?" "Cut the rope, TinTin, cut the rope!" "Jane!" "Jane!" "I'm sorry." "I'm very very sorry." "I don't know what came over me." "Same time next week?" "I have to take my daughter sailing for a couple of days." "Yes, yes I do remember." "You were mentioning that." "So, following week?" "Still won't be back." "You said a couple of days." "Yes." "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine." "This is not a couple of days, ok, this is ten days holiday, Jane!" "Fucking own it!" "Malcolm." "Malcolm, you stupid bastard." "Give me the fucking remote!" "Give me that!" "Jackass!" ""Euphoralan"?" ""Solarton"?" "As in "a ton of sun"." ""Apollonax"?" "No, that's the wrong list." "No, that's funny, that's for August." "Erectile dysfunction." "What do you think?" ""Apollonax"?" "Apollo und seine Axt?" "I need to get away." "Take a trip." "I'm not making my patients any happier, and I just..." "I need to do some research." "On what?" "Happiness." "Otherwise I can't help." "Look at my life, Clara." "I feel like such a fraud." "You know, like a..." "An armchair traveller dishing out worldly advice." "When?" " Soon, very soon." "Now." "You know, there is no way I can get the time off, I mean not now." "Not this time of the year." "I know." "I'm sorry." "Okay, I am sorry." "I really, really am." "Will you be here when I get back?" "How long will you be gone?" "I don't know." "Then I can't answer the question, can I?" "Ich glaube, Sie haben recht," "I think I just went slightly off the map with the all TinTin reference." "Now don't get me wrong." "There is real value to your inner TinTin." "My what?" "Your inner TinTin." "The boy scout in you." "Don't ever lose it." "It is just a..." "How can I put this." "Just as long as tinting isn't driving the bus." "Where are you thinking of going on this journey of yours?" " I was thinking China." "China!" "Brilliant!" "Sleeves, removable." " Obviously." "Trousers, convertible." " Obviously." " Hat, reversable." " Obviously." "And in case of emergencies." " God forbid!" "Passport, Imodium, Antihistamine, nose strips" "Remember, avoid dairy." " Yes." "Got enough socks?" " Yes, I think so." "I don't wanna over pack it." "And you know, it all fits." "Neat and tidy." "Like us." "What's like us?" "Tidy." "It's like who we are, tidy." "It's like that's our agreement, isn't it?" "Hector." "I get it." "If you're gonna do this, do it totally." "Make it worthwhile." "You have my permission, alright?" "Really?" "Really." "I mean it." "Totally." "Come here, Sir." "Arms up please, Sir." "You sit in my seat." " Pardon?" "I make in internet booking weeks ago." " I don't know." "What are you?" "39G?" "Should he go on my lap?" "Look, there is obviously some sort of mixup." "I'll do whatever you want." "Let me go and check." "This way, Sir." "Your seat." " Okay." "Great." "Sorry, could you move your bags?" "Sorry." " Champagne, Sir?" "Is the Pope circumcised?" "What do you mean?" "Can I please get the champagne for first class at least?" "Decent one." "I doubt that." " This isn't decent?" "Down or memory-foam?" " What?" " The pillow." "Did you order memory-foam?" " I forget." "Did I?" "Sorry, it's my little joke." " I'm sorry, Sir," "I'm going to need to store your bag." " Of course." "Please do." "Sorry." "I got it." "Oh, God, it's like Twister.." "You won." "Thank you." "That's sweet." "Look at that." "HECTOR'S SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS A JOURNEY" "It's a gift." "It's from my other half." "She must have smuggled it into my bag." ""Fill these pages."" "I will." "Anything from duty-free, Sir?" " Yes, please, actually." "I'd like the "Keep it handy travel candy" please." "Immigration form?" " Yes, please." "Thank you." "Give it back." "Costed more than your car." " Thank you." "Sorry." " Don't worry, Sir." "The glass is unbreakable." " Very clever, unbreakable." "Unbreakable." "Sorry." "Are you sure there is no room in first class?" " Sorry, Sir." "1." "MAKING COMPARISONS CAN SPOIL YOUR HAPPINESS" "Wife?" "Old flame." "University." " We all got one of those." "First time in China?" "Yeah." " Business or pleasure?" "Research, actually." "I'm a psychiatrist." "I want to know what makes people happy." "Hector." "Edward." "Watch yourself." " Okay." "Thank you." "He fucking has got my fucking pen!" "Edward!" "I still have your pen!" "I'm fine, I'm fine." "Alright." "Wait!" "I can't thank you enough." " Where are you staying?" "The Marriot." " The Marriott, for happy?" "Well, it was central." "What, you've got any other suggestions?" "Let me show you happy." "Whoever said "Money can't buy happiness", fuck you!" "This is incredible, this is incredible!" "Just incredible!" "The whole thing, the meal, my room," "Edward, I'm just, I'm curious, okay." "Far be it from me, and forgive me for asking, and I don't mean to pry," "Time is money, spit it out!" " Right, are you happy?" "When you work as much as I do, you don't have time to ask yourself that question." "And that's why I'm thinking of quitting." "What, now?" " God, no." "In another 20 million." "I have been saying that for the last 100 million." "You bust the god, you earn enough money, you retire, you do something you like." "Or nothing at all." " And then you are happy?" "Yeah." "Or addicted, divorced or dead." "What the hell." "You pick a goal, you work towards it, makes you feel better." "Just keep moving, that's my motto." "Maybe there is only one way to retire and be happy." "And what's that?" "Don't retire!" "It's time for some real China." "Come on." " Really?" "Okay." "I just take a bit of this." "It's not what you know, actually." "It's not who you know." "It's how much you pay, who you know." "Hey, Minnie!" "How are you?" "Hey, Jens." " Hey, Edward." " I thought you'd be back to Berlin!" "This is Valerie, she's from Paris." "What are you doing?" "I'm..." " Are you a writer?" "No, Im' just, I'm taking some notes." ""2." "A lot of people think, happiness means being richer, or more important."" "Do you believe that?" " Well, I wouldn't know," "I'm not rich and I'm not important." "What a coincidence, neither am I." ""The search for happiness."" "Is it, Ancona?" "No." "Perhaps, over there." "No, no, no." "That's torture for me, I don't dance." " Why not?" "You don't like move your body a little bit?" "Come on, it's fun." " You know what, it's..." "Or, is it right here?" "In your smile." "My name is Ying Li." "I am a student." "Hector." "Nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you too." "Oh, sorry, too long." "So, what do you study, Ying Li?" " Tourism." "I am a tourist." "What a coincidence!" "Edward!" " Having a good time?" "Yeah!" "I have no idea what I was thinking." "Do the next." "Listen to this." ""3." "Many people only see happiness, only in their future."" "I will drink to that!" "Cheers!" "Hey!" "I have an idea, I have an idea." "Who is available tomorrow night." "let's mark the bottle!" " You are cheating!" " I'm not cheating!" "I'm not cheating!" "I'm ticking the bottle!" " You are cheating!" "Lighten up!" "Alright, alright, alright..." "Will I see you again?" "What hotel are you staying at?" "Hyatt on the Bund." "What a coincidence." "We are driving to the Hyatt on the Bund." "Thank you." "Welcome back to Hyatt on the Bund." "Well, I'm not sure what the custom is for, escorting a young lady to, a room." "I'll be right back." "I'm not sure what the custom is, for undressing in front of..." "Hector?" "ThisisHector." " Did you have a good time, last night?" "Yeah, you know happy." "I gotto go." "I'd really like to take you to lunch." "Really?" " Yeah." "You pick." "Just text me when and where." "4." "HAPPINESS COULD BE THE FREEDOM TO LOVE MORE THAN ONE WOMAN AT THE SAME TIME." "Welcome!" "Explore this substance." "Yes." "Great!" "I like it." "What are you doing?" " Nothing." "Hi!" " Hi!" "Listen!" "This is China, you're Chinese, I'm clueless." "I need to go to the mountains." "Why don't you come with me?" "Too soon?" "Preamble, Hector, preamble!" "No." "It's just, you're different." "You're kind." "I'm not used to it." "They look very happy." "They're with their friends." " Why are they sitting in the middle of the street?" " Thank you." "They have nowhere else to go." "It's their day off." "They have no money, to sit in cafes." "They send all to their families." "So, they meet here on the street." "They come from the countryside like I do." "My sisters and mother are still there." "Look at them, they're like a happy little island in a see of grim businessmen." "Makes you wonder." "Hey, listen." "Your mother and your sisters, we could pay them a visit, on our trip." "Oh, Hector." "The difference between those cleaning ladies and me, is that, there is no shame in how they make their money." "They can show their faces back home." "I can't." "Why is that, then?" "Ying Li!" "Hey, wait!" "Sorry!" "Sorry!" "Your friend paid for last night, who is paying for today?" "You seemed so real." "You tricked me." "You tricked me!" "What're you doing?" "What're you..." "Ying Li!" "5." "SOMETIMES, HAPPINESS IS NOT KNOWING THE WHOLE STORY" "It's monday." "We are closed." "Yeah, but, I've come a very long way." "I'm a psychiatrist." "I'm trying to discover what makes people happy." "It's monday." "We are closed." "Okay, okay!" "Look, far be it from me, and forgive me for asking, and I don't mean to pry, but, would you consider yourself to be a happy person?" "What part of Monday don't you understand?" "Trainee, he has a lot to learn." "Would you like to come in?" "Yes, please, cause I might not be around next week." "The moment of death is indeed uncertain!" "Now, come in!" "Come come, quick!" " Okay." "When you've been a fugitive, you've been in prison for your beliefs, you've lost your family and loved ones..." "I mean, you've just been through so much." "How is it you're so happy?" "Because I've been through so much." "My search for happiness is one thing, but making it the goal just doesn't work, does it?" "Higher than that, Hector!" "More important than what we are searching for, is what we're avoiding." "Like unhappiness." "So, don't make unhappiness not the goal." "Higher than that!" "Avoiding unhappiness is not the road to happiness." "You hold all the cards, Hector." "6." "AVOIDING UNHAPPINESS IS NOT THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS" "It's very noble this book you're writing." "When you've reached the end of it, come back to me." "I would like to see, what you have learned." "Right, you mean, when I'm just passing through this area again." "We have Skype." "Skype me!" "You have Skype?" "Hi!" " Hector?" " Hi!" "How is it going?" "How is work?" "It's great!" "Can you believe it, they're going with "Apollonax"!" "Market research says it is the biggest erection they've had..." "Sorry, sorry." "Reaction, they had after a survey in ten years." "Clara, look where I am." "I'm in a monastery." " Where you belong!" "HowwasShanghai?" "Yeah, I've made friends with a rich banker, and he took me around town." "And we..." "Now you know any kind of happiness money can buy?" "It's weird seeing you like this." "You look really small." "Hector, come come!" "You have to see!" "The wind!" "Come!" "Hector!" "Look!" "Do you see?" "All of them!" "Looks like we've lost the sun, Tey." "Best keep moving, shall we?" "Thank you." "Poor bastard." "I'm sorry." "Where to next?" " Africa." "For happy?" " Or unhappy." "I've to wait and see." "You're a very very strange person, Hector." "A kind of person normally I avoid like the plague." "Glad I did'nt, buddy." "Thank you, Edward." "I mean it." "Sir, you do realize that this is four flights?" "That is two days." " Absolutely." "And last flight is not so..." "It is not exactly..." "Absolutely." " Let me put it this way:" "First Class." "Business Class." "Economy." "You." "Bring it!" "Oh my god!" "If you look at this plane, you'll notice it's quite old." "That means it's never crushed before." "Should be quite reassuring." "Thank you, I think." "From this point forwards, I'll be nicer to my patients who are afraid to fly." "Are you a doctor?" " I'm a psychiatrist, yeah." "So, I assume you've read this?" "Yeah, yeah I'm familiar with Coreman from my UCLA days." "He was just making a name for himself." "Quite a name!" "I saw him on CNN." "What do they call him?" ""The Einstein of happiness"." "I've read it twice." "You can keep it." "I like it, but I don't think I'll need it as much as the country it was written for." "Thanks." "Oh my god!" "This isn't safe!" "Do you have children?" "Are you married?" " No." "Why not?" "Why do I get the feeling, there is a woman out there in the world asking herself the very same question?" "You know, there is really only one question:" "7." "Does this person bring you predominantly:" "A) Up or B) Down?" ""Side effects may include happiness."." "So, what about you?" "What makes for your happiness?" "Home, family, the idea that my children can live a normal life, without bodyguards taking them to school." "Have you ever had sweet-potato stew?" "Realy sweeet-potate stew!" "You have to!" "Here's the tip:" "If we land safely, one night this week, my mother's house, my whole family, swett-potato stew." "There will be a tomorrow, my friend." "I'll be right back." "Why don't you let me do this?" " That's very kind." "Oh, God, hold it up!" "Hold it up!" "Get the button!" "Hector!" "Michael, Jesus!" "Help!" "Can anyone..." "I have a Swiss Army knife." "Oh, dear!" " This is Marcel." "He's our bodyguard." "Hi!" " Hector?" "Welcome." "The car is scarce here, so better take precautions." "Okay, let's go!" "See?" "You haven't changed." "Neither have you." "I mean, look at you!" "Hector goes to Africa." "You and Aggy, you seemed so solid." "What happened with that?" "Hey, Agnes and I always knew you'd end up here when the dust settles." "Yep, all this." "This was my calling, wasn't it." "You know, the dust as you put it, never really settles." "There's been progress, though, right?" "I mean, foreign aid." "That was on my blink, there is another fundraiser." " There is a big difference between being here, and being here to be photographed being here." "The money doesn't always make it to where it's neded most." "It never leaves the city." "It's useless." " It's useless." "Still long ways to go, Hector." "But hey, that's why we are here, right?" "Have a good night's rest, okay!" " Okay, I'll see you tomorrow." "Don't give that many to them, they'll bever leave you alone!" "Hector, we'll pick you up at six, and go straight to the clinic, okay?" "See you tomorrow!" "ALL VISITORS AND GUEST" "ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO LEAVE THEIR WEAPON WITH RECEPTION" "Good evening." "What sort of beers you have?" "Thank you." "I think you might need a bigger sign outside." "Some people might be missing it." "Hey guys!" "He wants to know how is the peace keeping going." "You're here to save the planet?" "Plant some trees?" "No, actually, I am here to help out to the Adulu clinic for a week or two." "What's in it for you?" "Nothing." "Your English is very good." "Where are you from?" "Wanna see my passport?" "I prefer your hair the way it is now." "That's good." "I liked that." "So, what brings you here?" "Farming." " Farming!" "What kind?" "And would that be, what makes you happy?" "What are you, the fucking New York Times?" "No, I'm just researching what makes people happy." "If you're wearing a wire, you're dead." "And you know what?" "No one will care." "Okay." "No wire." "Sorry for the shirt." "My name is Hector." "I'm a psychiatrist." " Very well, Hector." "I bet what I farm makes more people happy, than to crap you dish out." "I see." "Farmer." "I get it." "Drugs." "Forgive me, but if your happiness causes other people's unhappiness, then how can that be happiness?" "Doesn't that bother you?" "I don't cause unhappiness, I respond to it, same as you." "We both fill a need, but they demand we don't create." "Self-righteous fuckers." "What's your solution?" "Another embargo?" "So the country gets more poor, people starve, babies die, and their leaders couldn't care less." "If you wanna be happy, take care of your own." "So you're happy." "No." "Because my wife is unhappy." "Which makes my kids unhappy." "And if my family is not happy, how can I be happy?" "She sees a shrink." "He gave her something new, but it just makes her worse." "Do you mind if I ask what she is taking?" "I don't know." "Maybe, if you could show me the prescription, I may help." "Why?" " I'd like to." "Bullshit." "You need it for yourself, like everyone else." "Why would either of us wish to prolong anyone else's misery?" "Fuck you!" "Holy Jesus." "What's that?" "Withpatienceandperseverance, you can climb your mountain." "I don't like these dosages, and these two clash." "Let me..." "Sorry, me and pens..." "Thank you." "This women is great." "She's based in Bogota." "She's an old colleague of mine." "Tell her that I referred your wife." "I think she's been over-medicated." "It could be the source of her problem." "Here is my phone number." "Give me a call, let me know how she goes." "Thank you." "Hector, it's past six, we gotto go!" "What are you doing, even talking to him?" "That's Diego Baresco." "That's a kind of guy that drags his country to shit." "So wait, you know that guy?" " Everybody knows Diego Baresco." "Hector, really?" "Hello, how is it going?" "Hello doc, how is it going?" " This is Hector." "So, let's see." "How are you feeling?" "Do you feel the baby move?" "Hello, Baruti." "Do you feel okay?" "This is my friend, Hector." "He's gonna help us too." "Just take a look." "I don't hurt anymore." "Can I go home?" "You are not leaving until I say so." "But my sister, she needs me." "Baruti lost his mother, last month." "Listen, if you're not well, you are no help to your sister." "Good boy." "Stay with him." "Just talk to him." "What I can do." "So, Baruti." "How old is your sister?" "What?" " Your face, it's funny." "It's like this..." "Yeah, yeah." "That's my listening face." "How about this?" "You're funny." " Am I?" "Thank you very much." "You're a big boy." "9." "HAPPINESS IS, ANSWERING YOUR CALLING" "He's gonna be okay." "Absolutely..." "Michael is a very..." "It's gonna be fine." "Mama!" "Mama!" "Is that a..." "There is a lion over here." "These two lions, just, quite close." "Excuse me." "Excuse me!" "Take off your Ipod, there is a lion really close by." "Is this normal?" "To have a lion..." "See you buddy." "You know, you could always stay a while." "We sure could use another medical doctor." "It's tempting." "I've been watching you all week." "You're a necessity." "Me, I'm just, I'm a luxury." "I sometimes feel like, psychiatry comes with affluence, you know." "The richer the city, the more psychiatrists there are per square mile." "What does that tell you?" "It tells me you've been too hard on yourself." "Come on, Hector, it's not some kind of a competition." "The mind can hurt as much as the body, yeah?" "And maybe, if I seem happy, it's because I'm loved for who I am." "Okay." "9." "HAPPINESS IS BEING LOVED FOR WHO YOU ARE" "Hello!" " Hello!" "I'm in Africa." "I'm with Michael." "And he hasn't changed." "He looks exactly like he did in the photo I showed you." "You never showed me a photo of Michael." " Didn't I?" "You just think you did." "I thought I had." "Hey listen, Clara." "About that last conversation we had..." " Hi, boys!" "Hey, guys!" "Back off!" "Jesus!" "This is private conversation." "Seriously?" "Clara..." "Hector,youknow,Igotit." "It 'sfine." "Let'snotmakeitharderthanitalready is." "Where'reyougoing?" " Out." "What, like that?" " No." "No!" "In this." "It's a work event." "I've never seen that dress." "That dress is new." "Iknow." "Oh ,Igottago." "ByeHector." " What do you mean, bye?" "Out." "Okay." "Out." "Hector!" " Hey!" " You found it okay?" "You're literally get lost..." "So, you're ready for sweet-potato stew?" "I have never been readier in my life!" " Welcome, welcome!" "Clear the way, you amateurs." "Chef coming through." "Chef with the severe case of..." "Tit for tat." "The only difference is, I don't need a sexy white dress." "Alright, alright, alright." "There you go." " More wein." " More wein, more wein." "More wein!" "More wein!" "Have I ever said that how much I love this music." "I can almost dance." "Almost!" "I see you, extremely pretty cousin." "Beware!" "Okay?" "I have permisson." "Cheers!" "I'm gonna miss you." " I'm gonna miss you too." "You're so beautiful." "Thank you, thank you so very very much!" " Thank you my friend." "Who's available tomorrow night?" "Bless you, my son!" "Bye!" "10." "SWEET-POTATO STEW" "Süßkartoffel-Eintopf!" "Give me the keys!" "And the hat, man!" "Keep it handy travel candy?" "You didn't pick me up!" "Why are you different?" "Why are you both different?" "This is very strange!" "What are you doing?" "What is this place?" "You've got to understand, I'm a psychiatrist!" "I'm neutral, like Switzerland!" "11." "FEAR IS IMPEDIMENT TO HAPPINESS" "Look." "Look, can we just see this as one of those, sort of random events that's just deeply inconvenient for both of us?" "Get this piece of shit out of mu sight." "No!" "Come back!" "No!" "Please don't go!" "Losinga soldier." "There I will never be." "Soldiergo,soldiercome." "Barrack remain." "Tell me, how much do you think we can get for him?" "Forget it, he's already seen us, dickhead." "So, so, what do we do, boss?" "Let him rot!" ""Keep it handy travel candy"" "Nice." "Once upon a time, there was a psychiatrist called Hector." "Who was scared to death of dying, before he never really lived." "I'm sorry, I have never realy been..." "The thing is..." "Would you mind giving me some privacy?" "If you're going to do it, Hector, do it totally." " She's yet discover the words "maternity" or "leave "" "Sie sind nur auf Ihren Vorteil aus, wie alle." "Du hast mich reingelegt." "Youholdallthe cards,Hector." "Clara, Clara." "Where are you taking me?" "Please, please!" "I haven't done anything!" "This shit's funny, man." ""Happiness is being loved for who you are."" "ClaraYingLi, ClaraYingLi..." "What's this one?" "It's been crossed out." "It says "The evil you do in this life could cost you your happiness in the next."" "No, it doesn't, I'm sorry, I made that up." "It says:" ""Happiness could be the freedom to love two women at the same time."" "Look, look, look." "I know that Police aren't gonna track me down." "the thing is, I'm really trying to help a friend of mine whose wife is very ill." "He's really counting on me." "If I just suddenly disappear, then he's gonna come looking for me and you do not want this man as an enemy." "Even if your friend is the president himself, it wouldn't make a difference." "Well, it's not the president, it's Diego Baresco." "Prove it." "I can't." "Wait, no, no!" "I promise you," "I know him." "I know him." "He's a friend of mine." "I'm not gonna tell anybody." "I promise you." "Shut up!" "Please!" " Why are you here?" "I'm researching the state of happiness." " Bullshit!" "No!" "God!" "I'm trying to find the ways to make my patients happy." "Bullshit!" " God!" "Stop it!" "Please stop it!" "God!" "I wanna know if I can be happy." "This probably isn't the right moment, but I" "I just wonder what your personal idea of happiness is." "You know, personally." "If you want it, you take it!" "That's very insightful." "I just want to..." "Would you mind if I just wrote that down?" "Just for posterity?" "Give him the notebook." "Oh, God!" "I just never have a pen!" "One last thing, one final request, I promise," "Would one of you gentlemen mind, making sure this gold pen finds its way back to my dear friend," "Diego Baresco?" "Withpatienceandperseverance, you can climb your mountain." "12." "HAPPINESS IS FEELING COMPLETELY ALIVE" "I'm alive!" "I'm alive!" "Hello, Hector." "I'm alive, too." "What are you doing?" "You are very beautiful." "Very beautiful, but let's just..." "Dance!" "WELCOME BACK, HECTOR" "13." "HAPPINESS, IS KNOWING HOW TO CELEBRATE" "Hector?" " Clara!" "Hi!" "Clara, I got kidnapped!" "Really!" "Isthatacut ?" "Are you okay?" " Yeah, I'm fine, now." "I nearly died." "I thought about you so much." "And?" " So very much." "Hector, why are you telling me this?" "I just..." "What am I supposed to think?" "I don't hear from you for..." "Are you coming home?" "Not yet." " Look, I've gotta go." "Oh, no!" " What is it?" "What?" "I dropped the cup on the floor." "You see, that's what you do!" "I didn't do any..." " Tell me what you want." "I'm not part of your project." "You just have to decide, Hector." "Yes or no?" "Yes or no?" "I've got to go." "Do you know where you're going next?" " No!" "You know where you're going next?" " Yes, Los Angeles." "Agnes." "It's a work related matter." "Unfinished business." "So finish it." "Champagne, Sir?" "Would you like the vintage?" "Why not?" "Madam, the vintage?" "Why not?" "Why else do we travel first class?" "TO DO" " DONE" "FLY FIRST CLASS:" "DONE" "Sorrytointerrupt, ladies and gentlemen," "Butifthereisa doctoronboardofthisplane, would you please contact the cabin crew." "Thankyouverymuch." "Onceagain,if thereisa doctoronboard..." "Please." "Don't let them turn the plane around." "I have to see my sister one last time." "On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most pain you can imagine, wo würden Sie sich einordnen?" "Bei 9." "I need to see the pilot." "She had a massive tumor removed from her brain about 3 months ago, and the swelling is acute." "Should we turn around?" " No, no, no." "But if you can lower the altitude of the plane, it'd make a big difference on the pressure on her brain." "Would be tremendous help to her.." "I'll check with air traffic control." "And I've lived in 6 countries, can you believe that?" "Ladiesandgentlemen, please don't be concerned." "Wewillbe flyingata loweraltitude for the remainder of our journey." "Thank you." "Okay." "It's gonna make a huge difference, alright?" "Let's try to get that 9 down to a 5." "Madam," "Do you mind?" " If you must." "Okay, may I?" "Do you have any children, doctor?" "No." "My husband and I, it was our only regret." "We couldn't." "But you know what?" "It was pretty good fun trying." "Are you okay?" "There you go." "It will pass." "Okay now." "After my last surgery," "I was in and out of consciousness for days." "They said, I wouldn't make it." "And, I remember the moment..." "I remember it totally." "I was in a sand storm, walking with all these people, with our heads covered and walking in the same direction." "And I kept thinking to myself:" "Why?" "Why am I in this group?" "I wasn't scared." "I was, I don't know, puzzled?" "And then, I heard my name being called:" ""Djamila!" "Over here!"" "And I looked to my right, and in the middle of an open space is was this," "this beautiful..." "How do you call it?" "Happy go round?" "Merry-go-round." "It's a carousel." "And all the people, that I know and love, were riding on this carousel." "They were laughing, waving." "Waving for me to join them." "It took everything I had, to run to them." "But I did it." "It was my last ride, wasn't it?" "Yes." "That was your last ride." "All those faces." "All those hearts." "I'm such a lucky woman." "Ladiesandgentleman,thankyouonceagainforyour cooperation." "Itmadeabig difference,believeme." "Don't take her to the hospital, take her straight to this address." "Are you gonna be okay?" "I am not afraid, Hector." "People who are afraid of death, are afraid of life." "You have a real talent, you know." "Not really my field." " No, you misunderstand." "Listening is loving." "14." "LISTENING IS LOVING" "Of all the places you could have chosen," "This beach, you know, this whole area, it's just, it changed so much." "Nostalgia is not what it used to be, Hector." "You've been busy." "Lily!" "Hey, baby." "Jack!" "Okay, you've been really busy." "Kids, this is mommy's..." "Mommy's Hector." ""Action Man"." "Hello." " Hello." "Oh, God." "I've got you seeing Professor Coreman tomorrow, you owe me." "That guy is on a fast track to the Nobel." "This happiness book is going through the roof." " I know, I've read it." "Somebody gave it to me." "I liked it." "Yeah, me too." "I hate him." " We hate him." "Hate him." " Hate him." "Hey, I saw Michael." " In Africa?" "Is he happy?" "He's gay." "Are you?" " Gay?" "No, happy." "I mean, is there someone?" "Yes." "Clara." "I may have fucked up." "They can't hear." "The Indiana Jones of happiness." "Alan!" "Very nice to meet you." "Me too." " Hector wants to know the secret to a happy marriage." "From the mathematician?" "Hi." " Hey, I'm in L.A.!" "I knew it!" "You're with sock drawer!" " Sock draw?" "That skank in the sock drawer, in the photo." "The one you have kept hidden from me." "That's what this whole trip's been all about, am I right?" "Jesus, Clara, she's not a skank, okay?" "She's a psychologist!" "Not to mention the pregnant mother of two beautiful children." "Au!" "That really hurt, Hector, you knew it did." "She's my oldest friend, alright?" "What were you doing in my sock drawer anyway?" "Packing away your socks!" "Before taking care of every other aspect of your life." "Maybeifyoudidn'tassumeIneedn'tsomuchtakencare of" "I've been taking care of myself." "You know what "smothering" is, Clara?" "It's "s"mothering, with an "s"!" "That's the lamest fucking thing I have ever heard." "And you get paid for this?" "Yeah, but at least I don't make a living making up meaningless, manipulative names for seriously dodgy drugs." "Is this call as bad as I think it is?" "Yes." "Yes, I think it is." "Fine!" "At last a decision." "I can get on with my meaningless life." "Oh, shi..." "God!" "Darling." "Sweetheart." "Where is my fucking pen?" "Diego" "It's here." "Actually, I've got it." "It saved my life." "How are you, anyway?" "How is she?" " Very good." "I feel like I got my wife back." "And a lot more." "What's the name of your friends clinic?" "The one who hates me." "Adulu-Clinic, why?" " I wanna make a donation." "Anonymous, of course." "What's in it for you?" "Nothing." "Good man!" "Go fuck yourself!" "Are you okay?" " Yeah." "How did the call go with Clara?" "Horrendous." "Terminal." "I'm sorry." "Wanna talk about it?" "Have we met?" " Alright, you are Hector." "Of course you don't." "What was I thinking?" "Right, Agnes." " I knew you were gonna ask me about this, and I thought about it last night." "I have never felt so happy, really." "Or exhausted, I mean." "The chaos, sometimes it's just out of control." "But, you know, I have a job I love, and a husband I love, and two beautiful kids I love, a home I love." "The only real shadow of my happiness is that when I tell myself it's too good to last." "And Hector, the marriage, whatever the marriage is, the marriage itself is never in question." "And that makes me happy." "What?" "I don't know, it's just..." "You know," "Thinking about what might have been." "What?" "Agnes." "What?" " Nevermind." "Forget it." "It's not even worth discussing." "Come on, what?" ""What might have been?"" "God, how about what is, right now?" "It just suits you, doesn't it?" "Holding out to a fantasy..." "You know, when you put someone on a pedestal, or on hold, or to the side, or whatever you wanna call it, do you think that's a compliment?" "Because it's not, it's the opposite." "And you know why?" "Because I am not that fantasy." "I'm better than that fantasy." "I am real!" "I got married." "I had a baby, and than another one, and I'm having another one." "And do you think I want it to be Hector there, cutting the umbilical cord?" "No!" "Because Hector would throw up, and then faint." "Because you're squeamish." "You're emotionally squeamish." "You really are some kind of..." "weird psychiatrist, you know that right?" "Trying so hard here to avoid the words "move" and "on"" "For crying out loud!" "I'm just, flag that women, I don't know, 12 years!" "Yeah, get back to that woman when the time is right." "So," "Nothing, nothing, nothing, then, "Hi!" "I'm in Africa!"" ""See you monday!" I mean, I'm just some kind of box you had to check, aren't I?" "I did love you, Hector." "But I love Alan now." "Guess what!" "Whatever it is you think you're in love with, is not me." "Come on, we're late." "15." "NOSTALGIA IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE ... earning just the sort of wages that would make your poor old mom proud." "And researchers just love to tell us, that money doesn't buy happiness." "I know what you're thinking, how much do researchers make?" "Everything in this world is going up." "And happiness is going down, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear." "How many of us, I wonder, can recall that childhood moment when we exprienced happiness as a state of being." "That single moment of untarnished joy." "That moment when everything in our world, inside and out" "was alright." "Everything was alright." "But now we've become a colony of adults and everything is all wrong." "All the time!" "It's as if we were on a quest to get it back." "And yet the more we focus on our own personal happiness, the more it is useless." "In fact, it's only when we are otherwise engaged, you know, focused on, absorbed , inspired, communicating, discovering, learning dancing, for heavens sake that we experience happiness as a by product, a side effect." "Oh no." "We should concern ourselves not so much with the pursuit of happiness, but with the happiness of a pursuit." "But how do we measure happiness?" "Emotions are like colours, you know." "Difficult to explain once, but not now." "Not anymore." "All those who read auras, step aside!" "This is science.." "A new frontier, in its infancy, but not for long." "Functional electrical impedance tomography by evoked response." "Or as I call it:" "Peeping Tom." "My portal into the mysterious details of human emotions." "Emotions, that for the very first time, we can separate, specify and quantify in actual units." "This male subject is Japanese." "Look at the abundance of bright orange around the happiness area." "Verging on ecstasy." "It's as if the brain was smiling." "Cause?" "Half a liter of warm Sake." "And here we are again, same Japanese gentleman, eleven hours later." "The color of grim despondency, verging on suicide." "Otherwise known as an excruciating hangover." "Ask yourselves:" "Is this worth that?" "Thank you." "You first, Agnes!" "Oh, no, no, no." " Oh, yes!" "We've made a deal." "Off you go into the isolation booth!" "Helmet on!" "I want you to imagine yourself in three situations." "One that makes you very happy, one very sad and one very scared." "Recent memories can be useful." "Do not tell me the order, I will guess it myself." "They said I'm mind-reader, that's a bloody lie, I'm not." "I'm just a good diagnostician with an awesome toy!" "Readywhenyouare ." "Out you come!" "As I thought, you're an open book." "Sad, scared, happy." "In that order, final answer." "Yeah, you're good." "Your turn, Hector." "You know what, I think..." " Your turn, Hector!" " Okay!" "Head over yourself!" "You're not an enemy of mine." "Sit my dear." "My way of identifying the emotions," "I assign a color to each corresponding part of the brain." "I'ts pretty obvious, really." "Sunny yellow happy." "Ice blue sad." "Battery acid green fear." "It corrodes you, you know." "Right." "Sad, scared, happy." "Don'ttellme theorderandbespecific!" "It's all about specificity." "I'mnotgonnatellanybody." "Ipromiseyou." "Shutup!" "That's odd." "It's as if he's filtering, moderating his feelings." "Something's holding him back, some kind of barrier." "No, no, no!" "These are not the emotions of a grown man." " Tell me about it." "He's gonna have to dig a lot deeper." "There is no deeper." "Imustadmit,I'm alittlebaffled." "Hi, this is Hector." "IthinkIcan godeeper." " Oh, fuck." "We left the mic on." "I think I know where to go." "Courage, Hector." "We are right there with you." "This is Hector, who the hell is this?" "Iwantedto be amother," "Ihaven't..." "Just,notyours." "Clara, listen, don't go anywhere." "Just stay there, okay." "Hang on." "Professor, can we stop?" "I need to take this call." "Please." "Please." "Clara, are you still there?" "Yes, I'm here." "Thankgod." "Clara,listen." "I'm sorry I didn't give you any explanation for this... insane journey, but the truth is, I didn't have any reasons of my own." "I didn't explain it to myself." "I've learned a lot, you know, I've learned a lot about happiness." "andI 'velearnedaboutunhappiness." "And the thing that makes me most unhappy is the thought that i might lose you." "And the thing that makes me happiest is the thought that" "I could become the man that you spend the rest of your life with." "I miss my Hector." "I miss my Clara." "Hector." "Keepgoing!" "You are knocking out of the park!" "Who is that?" "It's sockdrawer, but don't worry." "I'm locked inside a metal booth." "Good, skanky bitch!" "Listen, I was way out of the line, you know, saying that your job was meaningless." "Believe me, nobody does meaningless like I do." "That really was "The kettle calling the pot black" there, you know." "Wait." "Isitthepot orthekettlethatcallstheother one black ?" "And why black?" "What's that all about?" "Yeah, I know." "Does it even matter?" "We matter, Clara." "You and me, we matter." "Yeah." "Is this call as good as I think it is?" "Yeah, I think it is." "Scary, but..." "Yeah!" "That's something else." "Which is it?" "Which one is it?" "It'sallof them." "It's all of them!" "It's Aurora Borealis, it's northern lights, it's all of them." "And there isn't enough to point." "Okay,I loveyou." " I love you too." "Hector, you'rea warrior!" "Would you take me to the airport, please?" "Warrior." "Jesus," "I love you." " I love you." "Bye, bye, bye." " I'll ship your bags." "Go!" "Passport!" "Howwasyourjourney?" "What did you learn?" "It was amazing, amazing." "I'm so ready to go home, to get back to my girl my work." "I can't wait to tell my patients." "Tell them what?" "That we all, all of us, have the capacity to be happy." "Higherthanthat,Hector." "That we all have the right to be happy?" "I see." "We all have an obligation to be happy." "Once upon a time, there was a young psychiatrist called Hector." "He was very satisfied with his life." "Far be it from me, and forgive me for asking, and I don't mean to pry, but can this plane go any faster?" "It's me, it's me, it's me!" " Hector!" "Hisworldwascomplex, sometimesevenchaotic." "Andhelikeditthat way." "Hetookcomfortintherichrandom patternsofhislife." "Sorry, sorry, sorry." " Oh, man!" "Helistenedto hispatientswith real patience." "IfyouseewhatImean." "Sometimeswithsurprisingresults." "It looks, it looks acceptable." "Now then, Anjali, beware the ego's need of shaping halucinations." "Looks like someone's ego shaped a beautiful naked Chinese girl." "What?" "I won't pretend that..." " That's tight, no more pretending." "Right." "Gotcha!" "Okay, you'll pay for that!" "The other way." "Go to the rear." "My girlfriend is coming." "Everythingwasup forchange." "IncludingHector." "Andhelearnttolove , likehe'dneverlovedbefore!"