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the Detour

"...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.

Top Cast

  • Tamar van den Dop

    Tamar van den Dop

    Joanna

  • Joachim Bißmeier

    Joachim Bißmeier

    Thomas Bernhard

  • Thom Hoffman

    Thom Hoffman

    Camille Kleber

  • Therese Affolter

    Therese Affolter

    Anna

  • Inge Rosenberg

    Inge Rosenberg

  • Jan Decleir

    Jan Decleir

    Vader van Joanna

  • Marlies Heuer

    Marlies Heuer

  • Peer Mascini

    Peer Mascini

    Luc de Koning

  • Halina Reijn

    Halina Reijn

Overview

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.

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