Détour

2009
1h 35m

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-Léo Huff is sent to Bic Park to sell a dubious recreational and tourist infrastructure project to the local residents. While there, he meets Lou, an attractive young woman trapped in an unh... Read all-Léo Huff is sent to Bic Park to sell a dubious recreational and tourist infrastructure project to the local residents. While there, he meets Lou, an attractive young woman trapped in an unhealthy relationship. After catching them talking, Roch, her violent boyfriend, brings her ... Read all-Léo Huff is sent to Bic Park to sell a dubious recreational and tourist infrastructure project to the local residents. While there, he meets Lou, an attractive young woman trapped in an unhealthy relationship. After catching them talking, Roch, her violent boyfriend, brings her back to order. Worried about her, Leo follows them home and spies on them from a distance.... Read all

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5.3/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations

Featured review

6/10

Worth the detour all the same!

"Détour" had a good potential.Léo is an interesting character: a not-so-handsome middle -age man,a modest secretary (who claims he is an engineer);his sick wife treats him like a child (the first sequences),she is herself not attractive and bovine ;besides ,his boss is a woman ,an authoritative blonde who wants him too (but as a toy ,not as a man).

His meeting with a hot babe may seem the birth of his manliness,the chance to prove he is a man;alas,this sexy girl is married ,and her husband is a crude jealous brute who beats her and treats her like a dog:the performance of the actor is a bit over the top and gets in the way;so does the thriller side which is quite derivative (and borrows from Clouzot's classic "Les Diaboliques");actually you guess what lies beneath before the "revelation".

The film is a long flashback framed by pictures of Leo in close-ups;his words are moving and show what the movie could have been, had it remained a psychological drama instead of turning into a real farce sometimes.

The movie also shows pollution and protection of the environment are a matters of great concern to Canadian people:it may have fitted the "Détour" concept but it is too quickly forgotten.