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.
as Katherine (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
as Jean (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
as Raymond (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
as Odile (segment "Gare du Nord")
as Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
as Stranger (segment "Gare du Nord")
as Prostitute (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
as Léon (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
as Jean-Marc (segment "Place de l'Etoile")
as Victim (segment "Place de l'Etoile")
as Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
as Roger (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
as Ivan (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
as The Mother (segment "La Muette")
as Boy (segment "La Muette")
as The Father (segment "La Muette")
as (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
as A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
as (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
as Woman in the Metro (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
as Narrator (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
as A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
as The Maid (segment "La Muette") (uncredited)