The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme? He is involved in a wild chase both in France and Britain. He and his girl-friend get into scores of comic situations chasing the case stuffed with money. The character of Pierre Richard is victorious and becomes the owner of the revue unmasking the dirty plot of the villains. Side-splitting.
故事分成三個章節:主要的章節由高達親自飾演導演,正要趕乘飛機,在24小時內把一部電影的菲林交給監製;同時一隊二人流行電子音樂組合,不斷排練歌曲,最後在路上表演;另一邊廂,愚笨的大肥佬捲入一宗事件,被神秘女人密切監視,最後更被拘捕。三段故事看似毫無關連,實際是高達以電影來討論電影製作和藝術創作的重要。片名看似帶有弦外之音,就像高達暗示,假如監製或其他人要干擾導演的藝術創作,就索性我行我素,忠於自己的道路好了。這大概亦示範了高達如何純熟地運用電影媒體來做評論。 A film in three chapters: Godard plays the director in the main chapter, rushing to catch a plane to pass the negatives to his producer within 24 hours; an electronic duo keeps rehearsing for their roadshow; a clumsy fat man gets involved in an incident, and is arrested after being watched by a mysterious woman. Seemingly unrelated events, Godard is discussing the importance of film producer and artistic creativity. Godard is making the statement that if a producer or anyone interferes with creativity, it is better for the artist to go one's own way. A showpiece of how Godard uses the film media as his critical essay.
阿伦娜·马歇尔(黛安娜·里格 Diana Rigg 饰)是一个美艳不可方物的女明星,天性放浪的她从不掩饰对其他男性的喜爱,也十分享受被男性追求的感觉,从而彻底忽略了丈夫和养女的感受。帕特里克(尼古拉斯·克莱 Nicholas Clay 饰)是个血气方刚的英俊小伙,虽然已经有了体弱多病的妻子克里斯汀(简·伯金 Jane Birkin 饰),但他依然难以抵挡向他暗送秋波的阿伦娜的诱惑。今年,位于莱瑟库姆湾旁小岛上的度假旅馆“快乐罗杰”成为了展示罪恶的舞台,来这里渡假的所有游客,似乎都和阿伦娜有个多多少少的利益纠葛。哪里有罪恶,哪里就有波罗(彼得·乌斯蒂诺夫 Peter Ustinov 饰),这次也不例外,聪明的他将一切矛盾都看在眼底。 阿伦娜死了,这令众人毫不意外。尽管每个人都有作案的动机,但每个人又都有完美的不在场证明。究竟是谁杀了阿伦娜?其实凶手早早的,便露出了他狐狸尾巴。