Film

the Detour

2000 · 1h 38m · Drama · Romance · Thriller

...or how I learned to love Thomas Bernhard

IMDb

4.9

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.

Tamar van den Dop

Joanna

Joachim Bißmeier

Thomas Bernhard

Thom Hoffman

Camille Kleber

Therese Affolter

Anna

Inge Rosenberg

Jan Decleir

Vader van Joanna

Marlies Heuer

Peer Mascini

Luc de Koning

Halina Reijn

Liz Snoijink

Dokter

Dimme Treurniet

Roland Trnka

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Moeder van Joanna

• Frouke FokkemaDirector · Writer
• Erich LacknerProducer
• Matthijs van HeijningenProducer
• Wulff-Ernst HofferProducer
• Guurtje BuddenbergExecutive Producer
• Wolfgang SimonDirector of Photography
• René WiegmansEditor
• August VerschuerenEditor

Release date

January 1, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Dutch

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, Romance, Thriller