Bonnie & Clyde

They are young, in love and they kill people. Bonnie and Clyde marked the beginning of a counterculture, uncompromising cinema in America. Arthur Penn tells the true story, which has become a myth, of the gangster couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks in the depression-ridden 1930s and shot countless people on the run from the police across the golden landscape of the American Southwest. Bonnie and Clyde are figureheads of New Hollywood. On the hunt for freedom, self-determination and independence, regardless of the consequences. With innocent naivety, they broke through the sound barrier of the established powers that be and became legendary. The outlaw has become a sympathetic figure, breaking the law a quintessentially American act. “Bonnie and Clyde” became a trailblazer for a cinematic re-evaluation of the American dream. A milestone in cinema history whose radicalism and impact remain unrivaled to this day.