...or how I learned to love Thomas Bernhard
Original title
Der Umweg
Released
1/1/2000
Origin country
DE, NL, AT
Genre
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Production companies
Sigma Film Productions, Lotus-Film, Lichtspiel Filmproduktion
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 38min
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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