Abstract

Harold and Maude is one of the most representative films of the New Hollywood film generation in the United States in the late sixties and early seventies. Based on the theory of contemporary theme cinema as a reflection of historical and social events surrounding him, in this paper we analyze the adequacy of the Hal Ashby film as an evidence of social change at the time and its character of countercultural film, taking into account it sideological point of view and characters construction.