A subtitle warns, "beware of dark sunglasses." Anna and her lover, whose looks in bowler and bow tie are reminiscent of a young Buster Keaton, kiss chastely on a bridge overlooking the Seine. He dons sunglasses and waves as she runs down a stairway to the river's edge, then watches in horror as she's knocked flat and loaded into the back of a hearse. In vain, he gives chase. Disconsolate, he buys a large funeral wreath and a handkerchief from sympathetic vendors. He removes the glasses to wipe his eyes and realizes they are the cause of all his woe. He replays the farewell without the glasses.
Anna Karina
as Anna, The Blonde Girl
Jean-Luc Godard
as Man with the Black Glasses
Emilienne Caille
as Black Fiancée
Eddie Constantine
as The Sprinkler
Sami Frey
as Undertaker
Georges de Beauregard
as Hearse and Ambulance Driver
Danièle Delorme
as Flowers Vendor
Yves Robert
as Handkerchief Seller
Alan Scott
as Sailor
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Nurse
