Acclaimed writer is trying to write a new script. Everything around him seems perfect, beautiful girlfriend, nature, calm, expensive house, but he still cannot get out his writer’s block.

本片和特吕弗的《四百击》同被誉为法国电影新浪潮的开山之作。身无分文的街头混混米歇尔（让-保罗•贝尔蒙多）从马赛偷了一辆小汽车，驶往巴黎的路上，他因超速行驶被警察逮住，为了脱身，他开枪打死一名警察，来到巴黎后，他躲进当记者…