曾参选1972年戛纳电影节

朱迪特（芬妮·阿尔丹 Fanny Ardant 饰）是一名专门写犯罪小说的畅销小说作家，近日里，她决定开启新的篇章，并且一直在为她的新角色做着构思。一个名为“魔术师”的连环杀人犯从监狱里逃了出来，流窜在城市的角落之中，朱迪特对他的真实身份和经历充满了好奇。
于格特（奥黛丽·达娜 Audrey Dana 饰）是一名高级理发师，在一家豪华无比的理发店里工作。某日，她和男友之间爆发了一场激烈的争吵，男友一怒之下将于格特赶下了车，就这样，月黑风高之夜，于格特一人孤零零的逗留在阴森的加油站内。这时，于格特遇见了一位神秘的男子（多米尼克·皮侬 Dominique Pinon 饰）。

Robert Colomb (Yves Montand), a famous TV newscaster, is married to Catherine (Annie Girardot), but is continually unfaithful. He is about to replace his current mistress, Mireille (Irene Tunc), with Jacqueline (Anouk Ferjak)when he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice (Candice Bergen.) He takes her along on an assignment in Kenya and later establishes an "arrangement" with her in Amsterdam. When he tells Catherine about the affair, she is silent. He is assigned to Viet Nam, tells Candice their affair is over and, to his astonishment, discovers that is more than acceptable to her as she as tired of him. Returning from a Vietnamese prison he decides to return also to Catherine, but discovers she has made a new life for herself. He ponders whether he should break into her life again, rekindle their old love or just disappear from her life. While he is pondering, Catherine---a big hand for the little lady---makes the decision for this selfish and conceited ass.

她，Anne Gauthier（阿努克·艾梅 Anouk Aimée 饰）是一个寡妇，独自抚养着她的女儿。她是一名电影场记，丈夫是一个特技演员，在拍摄一场戏的时候不幸丧生。她每周都要从Paris去Deauville接送她在Deauville一所学校寄读的女儿。他，Jean-Louis（让-路易斯·特林提格南特 Jean-Louis Trintignant 饰）是一个鳏夫，独自抚养着他的儿子。他是一名赛车手，一场车祸后他的妻子以为他已经丧生而自杀身亡。他每周也要到Deauville去接送他的儿子。有一天，Anne送女儿上学后错过了回巴黎的最后一班火车，因此邂逅了Jean-Louis，Jean-Louis开车送Anne回家，两人约定下周一起去接孩子。下个周日，两人和两个孩子在一起度过了愉快的时光。两个寂寞的男女被彼此所吸引，爱情正在生根发芽。然而，Jean-Louis觉得这段爱情中有些奇怪，而对前夫的思念又让Anne纠结不已......
本片获1967年戛纳电影节金棕榈奖和1968年奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。