This is the story of 24 hours of the life of a Parisian housewife-prostitute, who sells herself to buy happiness and pays in bad dreams. "A fictional documentary of Alphaville's nightmare, its virtuso display of confession and analysis, the sublime and ridiculous, show Godard's deft grasp of laughter and passions. Too good to miss." French New Wave maestro Godard's dazzling sociological fable of people living empty lives.