A man, two identical apartments, a woman, a mistress, a servant. A man divides his life between the apartment he lives with his wife, the one he occupies with his mistress, and his club.
This movie concerns Sergei (Roger Jendly), a revolutionary who kills a student in Russia and flees to Switzerland. Though he has the gifts and abilities to unify various revolutionary groups within Russia, once he has been forced to flee, they have no interest in him. When his presence in Switzerland threatens a trade agreement with the Tsar, he is tracked down and expelled.
这部影片围绕三个分别处在各自生命转折点的人物。群星荟萃的演员阵容，包括伊莎贝拉·于佩尔扮演的农村姑娘来到城市沦落为妓女；纳塔莉·贝依扮演一个决心放弃掉城市工作去乡下享受田园生活的职业妇女；而雅克·迪特隆则扮演一位电视节目的导演，刚和老婆离婚，处于事业低潮。
影片惊人地运用了慢镜头摄影，看上去相当优美，也正是本片使得离开商业电影拍摄有好几年的戈达尔重回影圈，受到相当热烈的反映，再次巩固了导演在拍摄创新电影的最前线地位。
