Paula Nelson is a mystery woman who used to be involved with an outspoken Communist and has been linked to the murder of a foreign agent. Paula wants to silence him before he starts making trouble for her, but she can't find much hard evidence that's he's still alive outside of a recently discovered tape recorder that plays his recorded rants on current political issues. While speaking with a small time hood who knows about Paula's relationship, shots ring out and suddenly the hood is dead. As Paula tries to find a way to get rid of the body, she tries to discover who killed him and why, as a pair of lackadaisical hoods follow her around Paris.
Filled with references to American genre cinema this was the last film Godard would make with his one-time wife Anna Karina. The flimsy plot was loosely adapted from the novel The Jugger by Donald E. Westlake , who wasn't paid for the rights and prevented this film from being released in the United States until after his death in 2008.
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