影片讲述了女主人公娜娜（安娜·卡里娜 Anna Karina饰）如何从一名普通售货员走上卖淫道路的悲情一生。娜娜厌倦了售货员的生活，想要成为一名演员，可命运却让她陷入了出卖肉体的色情深渊。她越是深入生命的深刻意义，越是怀疑生活的本来面目。命运辗转，就在她终于遇见她的爱人 时，命运又再一次跟她开了场玩笑，死在了皮条客的枪下。看似凌乱毫无关联的章节，充满哲理如呓语般的台词，为了“拯救灵魂而出卖肉体”么...
Entrapped in his apartment, Randal Hendricks, a recent paraplegic, is given a gift of binoculars by his devoted girlfriend, Pam. But Randal is in financial debt to Emmie, a sadistic loan ......