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.
Barbara Wilkin
Katherine (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
Jean-François Chappey
Jean (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
Jean-Pierre Andréani
Raymond (segment "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
Nadine Ballot
Odile (segment "Gare du Nord")
Barbet Schroeder
Jean-Pierre (segment "Gare du Nord")
Gilles Quéant
Stranger (segment "Gare du Nord")
Micheline Dax
Prostitute (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
Claude Melki
Léon (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
Jean-Michel Rouzière
Jean-Marc (segment "Place de l'Etoile")
Marcel Gallon
Victim (segment "Place de l'Etoile")
Joanna Shimkus
Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
Philippe Hiquilly
Roger (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
Serge Davri
Ivan (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
Stéphane Audran
The Mother (segment "La Muette")
Gilles Chusseau
Boy (segment "La Muette")
Claude Chabrol
The Father (segment "La Muette")
Georges Bez
(segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
Jean Douchet
A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
Sarah Georges-Picot
(segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
Maya Josse
Woman in the Metro (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
Éric Rohmer
Narrator (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
Philippe Sollers
A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)