the Detour

the Detour (2000)

DramaRomanceThriller

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.

Director: Frouke Fokkema

Casts

	Tamar van den Dop as Joanna
	Joachim Bißmeier as Thomas Bernhard
	Thom Hoffman as Camille Kleber
	Therese Affolter as Anna
	Inge Rosenberg as
	Jan Decleir as Vader van Joanna
	Marlies Heuer as
	Peer Mascini as Luc de Koning
	Halina Reijn as
	Liz Snoijink as Dokter
	Dimme Treurniet as
	Roland Trnka as
	Willeke van Ammelrooy as Moeder van Joanna

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