Release Date

01 Jan, 2000

Runtime

01:38: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

...or how I learned to love Thomas Bernhard

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.

Original Title

Der Umweg

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Actors

Tamar van den Dop

Joachim Bißmeier

Thom Hoffman

Therese Affolter

Inge Rosenberg

Jan Decleir

Marlies Heuer

Peer Mascini

Halina Reijn

Liz Snoijink

Dimme Treurniet

Roland Trnka

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Crew

Wilbert Van Dorp

Frouke Fokkema

Wolfgang Simon

Gabriella Reisinger

Matthijs van Heijningen

Frouke Fokkema

Sander den Broeder

René Wiegmans

Wulff-Ernst Hoffer

Ludo Keeris

Erich Lackner

Dinorah Iorio

August Verschueren

Guurtje Buddenberg