Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.

1958 film by Jean-Luc Godard

A pickup artist/womanizer named Patrick inadvertently pursues two young women who happen to be roommates.

1956 film by Éric Rohmer

1951 film by Éric Rohmer

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.

This silent burlesque short was incorporated into Varda's full-length "Cleo de 5 a 7", although in a slightly different version.