Best friends Telma and Louise, who have secretly agreed to get away from their routine for a weekend, get into a Ford Thunderbird and set off on a road trip. When Telma is raped on the road, Luisa shoots her attacker dead. The women become fugitives from the police, and the encounters on the road become increasingly violent. While the roles of criminals, fugitives and adventurers have more often been played by men in the history of cinema, this time it's two girlfriends who get behind the wheel, and in doing so, director Ridley Scott, together with screenwriter Callie Khouri, rewrite the rules of the road for good. This popular culture classic about loneliness, friendship and rebellion offers extravagant escape scenes in the desert, and asks the question: are Telma and Louise criminals or lonely heroines in a hostile world?