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the Detour

2000·Movie
1h 38min
74
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...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.
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74
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How long is the Detour?

1 h 38 min

the Detour runs 1 h 38 min.

What language is the Detour in?

DutchGermanFrench

It was made in Dutch, with some German, French. Produced in Netherlands, Germany, Austria.