As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.

Marina Vlady
as Juliette Jeanson

Jean-Luc Godard
as Narrator (voice)

Anny Duperey
as Marianne

Roger Montsoret
as Robert Jeanson

Raoul Lévy
as John Bogus, the American

Jean Narboni
as Roger

Yves Beneyton
as Young Man

Juliet Berto
as Girl Talking to Robert

Helena Bielicic
as Girl in Bath

Christophe Bourseiller
as Christophe Jeanson