the Detour
2000, Dutch. Directed by Frouke Fokkema.
...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.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Dutch
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- Released
- 1 January 2000
- Original title
- Der Umweg
- Country
- Netherlands, Germany, Austria
- Written by
- Frouke Fokkema
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the Detour runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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the Detour isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2000. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like the Detour?
If you liked the Detour, try Asylum, In Secret, Dot the I.
Who directed the Detour?
the Detour (2000) was directed by Frouke Fokkema and stars Tamar van den Dop, Joachim Bißmeier, Thom Hoffman.