Detour (2009)
Release: July 1, 2009 | Runtime: 1h 37m | Rating: 5.5
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.
Main cast
- Luc Picard as Léo Huff
- Isabelle Guérard as Lou
- Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Roch
- Suzanne Champagne as Maryse Huff
- Sylvie Boucher as Lyne Ventura
- Louison Danis as Mayoress Pauline Courchesne
- Jeff Andrews as Francis 'Frenchy' Fradette
- Émilie Labranche as Pissed environmentalist
- Roberto Mei as Léon Hivon
- Marie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau as Manon
- Sandra Lecouteur as Pro-development woman
- Gil Leveck as Angry guy
- Jean Saint-Pierre as Another guy
- Éric Butler as Councillor 1
- Normand Robichaud as Councillor 2
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What is Detour about?
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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