Detour (2009)
1h 37m
Running Time
July 1, 2009Release Date
Detour (2009)
1h 37m
Running Time
July 1, 2009Release Date
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Plot.
For twenty-two years, Leo Huff has been working as a secretary in the same office. Living with the same wife in the same suburban bungalow, with the same old furniture and is the same old daily routine, his life is a monotonous statement. Things take a sudden turn when Leo has to stand in for an engineer and give a presentation in a small rural community. There, Leo is swept away by Lou, a distressed young woman who takes him beyond the beaten track. This encounter spells a new beginning for Leo, a strange, chaotic journey filled with unexpected twists and turns.
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Cast & Crew.
Luc Picard
Léo Huff
Isabelle Guérard
Lou
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Roch
Sylvie Boucher
Lyne Ventura
Suzanne Champagne
Maryse Huff
Louison Danis
Mayoress Pauline Courchesne
Sylvain Guy
Director
Jeff Andrews
Francis 'Frenchy' Fradette
Marcel Giroux
Producer
Émilie Labranche
Pissed environmentalist
Sam Grana
Producer
Christian Larouche
Producer
Roberto Mei
Léon Hivon
Marie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau
Manon
Jorane
Composer
Sandra Lecouteur
Pro-development woman
Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
Cinematographer
Gil Leveck
Angry guy
Jean Saint-Pierre
Another guy
Éric Butler
Councillor 1
Normand Robichaud
Councillor 2
Christian Gagné
Gamekeeper
Gabrielle Poulin
Television presenter
Marc Denoncourt
Columnist
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Wiki.
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 when 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.