故事发生在风景如画的法国乡间，塞西尔（珍·茜宝 Jean Seberg 饰）跟随着父亲雷蒙（大卫·尼文 David Niven 饰）居住在那里。清新的田园景色和无忧无虑的生活令塞西尔成长成为了一个桀骜不羁的少女，她厌恶循规蹈矩的生活，向往着自由和浪漫。
雷蒙结识了名叫安娜（黛博拉·蔻儿 Deborah Kerr 饰）的美丽女子，两人很快打得火热，但塞西尔却并不喜欢这个有可能成为自己继母的女人，因为安娜的性格对于她来说显得过于保守和严谨，于是，塞西尔找到了父亲的前女友艾尔莎（麦琳娜·德蒙吉奥 Mylène Demongeot 饰），策划让她从中作梗搅黄雷蒙和安娜的姻缘，却没想到自己看似毫无破绽的诡计最终酿成了悲剧。

Francoise Sagan (1935-2004) wrote her first novel Bonjour Tristesse (Hello, Sadness) at the age of 18, that was an immediate international success. During the following years she wrote several novels and plays, and became one of the icons of French literary life. This rare film is directed by Francoise Sagan and based on one of her plays. It's a love story, including 3 or 4 other love stories, set in a park a winter's day. The excellent prefromance of old woman is played by Alice Reichen.
In 1979 her short film Another Winter wins the New York Film Festival. She serves as the president of the Cannes film festival jury that same year and complains in an interview that the jury was pressured to vote for Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. In 1980 she begins seeing Jean Paul Satre regularily and continues to do so until his death. She compiles a collection of plays and memoirs over the next ten years. Her political convictions continue to appear as she joins Mitterand's support group and publishes yet another scathing editorial in Le Monde in 1985.

露西（凯瑟琳·德纳芙 Catherine Deneuve 饰）过着令旁人羡慕的生活，她是富商查尔斯（米歇尔·皮寇利 Michel Piccoli 饰）的情妇，在经济上自然没有任何的压力，可谓是想要什么都能够得到。可是，这样富裕的生活带给露西的只有无尽的空虚，毫无人生意义的她非常艰难的控制着自己不跌入抑郁的深渊之中。
一次偶然中，露西邂逅了名为安东尼（罗杰·范·胡尔 Roger Van Hool 饰）的男子，虽然安东尼一穷二白，但他的出现让露西干涸的心灵得到了爱情的滋润。可是，挥霍无度的日子过惯了的露西真的能够忍受跟着安东尼粗茶淡饭吗？在利益和真情面前，露西必须做出选择。

二次大战初期，艾丽斯的丈夫被逼自杀，而身为犹太人的艾丽斯被爱恋着她的法国人热罗姆偷偷带到了法国，住在他的好友夏尔家中。早年丧妻的夏尔渐渐喜欢上了艾丽斯。而热罗姆由于抵抗组织的工作，很少呆在她的身边，艾丽斯难以选择。一次，夏尔因为艾丽斯而遭到德国人的毒打，也因而得到了她的爱。热罗姆伤心而去，不慎被捕。在感情与恐惧的压力下。艾丽斯离开了夏尔，而夏尔也投身到了抵抗运动中。

失业青年朱力安在路上偶遇一起交通事故，受害人是一名富有的珠宝商。朱力安起初想找人救助，但发现车上藏有大量珠宝，便见财起意，决定将珠宝据为己有后，逃之夭夭。朱力安有一个已经到谈婚论嫁地步的女友卡特琳娜，但他不顾女友及其家人的反对，决定租用臭名昭著的意大利女人玛尔特的房子。玛尔特因为曾经坐过牢，而且常跟一些不三不四的男人来往，而在当地被视为不正经的女人。朱力安试图通过玛尔特的关系，把珠宝脱手。同时，由于朝夕相处，朱力安渐渐被这个比自己年长很多的风情万种的坏女人所吸引，并成为了她的情人。卡特琳娜的姐姐丽丽是个丑姑娘，她一直默默爱着即将成为自己妹夫的朱力安，但由于自卑和对妹妹的爱，她一直把这份爱藏在心底，并衷心希望两个她深爱的人能幸福地生活在一起。一个偶然的机会，丽丽发现了朱力安不可告人的秘密，并以此相要挟，要朱力安离开并揭发坏女人玛尔特。但深深迷恋玛尔特的朱力安却决定倒戈相向，在情妇的怂恿下，决定杀人灭口……

This black comedy is based on the dastardly deeds of French serial killer Henri-Desire Landru, who wined, dined, scammed, and dismembered over 10 women during WW I. He obtained his victims by placing ads in the Personals section of the paper. He then chose wealthy dowagers in their fifties. First he would woo them to his villa. Then he would con them into forking over their fortunes. Finally he would kill them, chop them up, and immolate the pieces. He is finally captured after he is recognized by the sister of one of the victims. Landru swears that he is not a psychotic killer, that he only did it so he could continue to support his family in the bourgeoisie style that they were accustomed to. During his trial, Landru refused to plead for himself one way or the other; he showed no remorse at all. He was guillotined on February 25, 1922."

这是对法国作家弗朗索瓦丝·萨冈经典小说《你好，忧愁》的英文当代改编。 故事围绕着塞西尔（麦金纳尼饰）展开，她与丧偶的父亲雷蒙德（邦饰）及其新欢埃尔莎（哈尔祖内饰）在法国南部的一栋别墅里度过夏天。他们的生活和谐融洽——一个轻松而慵懒的世界。然而，随着安妮（塞维尼饰）的到来，这一切很快发生了变化。安妮是雷蒙德和塞西尔母亲的老朋友。她的出现以及与过去的深厚联系改变了别墅的氛围。尽管她的生活方式似乎与他们格格不入，但一种酝酿多年的吸引力逐渐形成。为了重新掌控局面，塞西尔开始实施一个计划，试图赶走安妮，却导致了悲剧性的后果。