Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and Montparnasse et Levallois (Godard) are stories of love, flirtation and prostitution; Place d'Etoile (Rohmer) concerns a haberdasher and his umbrella; and La Muette (Chabrol), a bourgeois family and earplugs.
Raymond (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
Prostitute (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
Léon (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
Ivan (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
The Mother (segment "La Muette")
The Father (segment "La Muette")
A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
Raymond (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
Prostitute (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
Léon (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
Ivan (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
The Mother (segment "La Muette")
The Father (segment "La Muette")
A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)