Vlady

In an abandoned theater, French actress Marina Vlady recites from Borges' "The Immortal"... Japanese research scientist Shin Kubota sings praises to the "immortal jellyfish"... Milan Duomo workers subject the cathedral's exquisite statues to perpetual regeneration... Swiss musician/inventors Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer persistently refine their percussion instrument, the Hang... Native American community leaders Leola One Feather and Moses Brings Plenty preserve the centuries-old spiritual resistance of their tribe...Filmmakers Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti pay tribute to humankind's aspirations for immortality by showing us a portrait of our efforts to overcome our own limits. They share their discoveries in a visual symphony to the power and harmony of nature's elements: water, earth, air and fire. From Milan to Wounded Knee, USA, from Bern to Shirahama, Japan, the traces of the filmmakers' travels spiral into a symbol of perfection and infinity: Spira Mirabilis.

　　与戈达尔的其它作品一样，这部电影并不遵循传统的电影叙事弧：开端、冲突和结果。相反，它为观众呈现了女主角朱丽叶·詹森（玛丽那·维拉迪 Marina Vlady 饰）24小时繁杂但空虚的生活。60时代中期的法国，各种社会哲学思潮都在发生变化，朱丽叶表面上是一个中产阶级的已婚母亲,身份之后却是一个兼职妓女，独自应对沉重的生活压力。朱丽叶先把哭闹尖叫的孩子送到一个专门为应召女郎照看孩子的男人那里，然后开始她一天的生活。购物、做家务、带孩子，她平淡无奇的日常生活时常被客户的约会所打断。　　片中的故事形态早已支离破碎，充斥着各种旁白、字幕、符号、毫不相关的镜头画面。虽然影片在拍摄时有脚本，但是戈达尔要求演员在表演时突破“第四道墙”，随机创作台词，与镜头外的工作人员进行互动，使得这部影片充满了实验性和批判意识。