Detour (2009)
- Original title
- Détour
- Directed by
- Sylvain Guy
- Genre
- thriller
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man travels to Quebec for a business meeting. He meets a woman who wants to escape her violent partner.
suspensefultensecharacter-drivenbleakgrittyemotionally chargedslow-burn
What happens
Detour (French: Détour) is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Sylvain Guy and released in 2009. The film stars Luc Picard as Léo Huff, an assistant to a wealthy businesswoman who is travelling to Le Bic, Quebec to attend a meeting on his employer's proposal to build a tourist attraction in Bic National Park. There he meets Lou (Isabelle Guérard), a young woman who needs his help liberating herself from her abusive boyfriend Roch (Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge). The film opened commercially on September 18, 2009. Guérard received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actress at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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