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the Detour (2000)
Directed by Frouke Fokkema
“...or how I learned to love Thomas Bernhard”
Drama, Romance, Thriller · 1h 38m
The Detour is about a young woman travelling through Europe in search of herself and the truth of life. It is based on meetings between goatherd Joanna and Austrian author and playwright Thomas Bernhard. Joanna is lost after her boyfriend dumps her at a Women's Relief Centre in Rotterdam. She works in a library and visits the theatre, where she first sees a play by Thomas Bernhard. Bernhard's philosophy permeates Joanna's thoughts. When Camille invites her to visit the French Pyrenees, she accepts. On the way, she decides to visit Bernhard in Austria. She attempts to start a relationship with him and thereby finds herself.
Cast
Tamar van den Dop
Joachim Bißmeier
Thom Hoffman
Therese Affolter
Inge Rosenberg
Jan Decleir
Marlies Heuer
Peer Mascini
Halina Reijn
Liz Snoijink
Dimme Treurniet
Crew
- Director
- Frouke Fokkema
- Writer
- Frouke Fokkema
- Director of Photography
- Wolfgang Simon
- Editor
- René Wiegmans, August Verschueren
- Producer
- Matthijs van Heijningen, Erich Lackner, Wulff-Ernst Hoffer
Details
- Original title
- Der Umweg
- Release date
- 2000-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- German, French, Dutch
- Countries
- Netherlands, Germany, Austria
- Production
- Lotus-Film, Lichtspiel Filmproduktion, Sigma Film Productions