![]() Hector accepts, but awakes to find Dougie dead. Hector arrives at a service station and encounters Hazel and Dougie, who tells him to sleep in the disabled toilet, as it was a cold night and he looked unwell. Derek says London, but ignores the request and tells Hector not to come back. He asks where his brother, Peter, is and whether he has his number. He says he is spending Christmas with friends in a London shelter. After phoning his sister as Hector asks, Derek tells him she will not see him, offering to take him to the station and offering him money which Hector refuses. Looking for his sister Lizzie in Newcastle, he eventually finds her husband, Derek, who berates him for visiting after so many years without communication. Hector decides to try to find his siblings whom he hasn't seen for 15 years. Hector refuses an alcoholic drink and checks to see that none of his letters, which have sentimental value, are missing. They are chased away by a shopkeeper who tends his wounds and repairs his bag. He is attacked later by youths who want to steal his bag. The man says his brother Peter tried to find him after he disappeared. After being given an appointment in a few weeks for a non-urgent operation, returning from the direction of the oncology department, he is recognised by an acquaintance, who hasn't seen him in years. Hector hitchhikes to Glasgow for a hospital appointment. ![]() In the present day, Hector and homeless friends, Dougie and Hazel, are given jackets by a stranger. His past experiences, which come to light during the film and explain his current situation, are both of kindness and lack of kindness of others. Hector McAdam is a warm-hearted, limping, homeless man. His background is revealed as the plot unfolds. Starring Peter Mullan as the titular character, it follows the annual Christmas journey of a homeless man from Scotland to London. Hector is a 2015 British drama film written and directed by Jake Gavin.
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