威爾斯唯一一部公映的彩色電影，故事依舊奇情：澳門富商從秘書口中聽到一個愛情傳說，有人為了香燈有後願意付錢找人與妻子上床。傳說歸傳說，但澳門富商卻要使這個不朽故事成真，找來美女珍．摩露，當正是自己妻子，要她找人轟烈地做愛做的事。乍聽下來真是一場天方夜譚，但影片拍來感人至深，53歲的威爾斯與成熟的珍．摩露演出動人不已，最後一個鏡頭更被影迷形容是「魔術」，令影片入圍柏林國際電影節競逐最佳電影金熊獎。
The only colour film by Welles publicly released is another showcase of the absurdity of human nature. A Macau millionaire is told a legend about someone who is willing to pay a huge sum for someone who would sleep with his wife in order to produce an heir. In an act to make the legend real and to immortalise it, the millionaire finds Jeanne Moreau to be his wife and starts to search for the man who would make love to her. A potent performance by Welles and Moreau makes the film purely magical; a Golden Berlin Bear nominee for Berlin International Film Festival.

Anne Desbarèdes is a young woman who is married to a wealthy businessman and lives a monotonous existence in the small commune town of Blaye. After indirectly witnessing a murder in a café, she returns to the scene of the crime the next day and meets Chauvin, who informs her in more detail about the events that took place. Mentally unbalanced, Anne begins to believe that Chauvin intends to kill her.

A bank clerk is drawn into the risky world of a gorgeous gambling addict.

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.