Asked to write a screenplay for an American producer, a young French dramatist and his wife visit the producer's villa in Capri. There the wife and the producer engage in an affair, and she decides to leave her husband. However, something quite unexpected happens.

Film on disc 1; interviews and short films on disc 2. Originally released as motion picture in 1963. Based on the novel Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia. Special features: audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam ; two 1963 documentaries by Jacques Rozier featuring Godard on the set of Bardot et Godard (8 min.) and Paparazzi (18 min.) ; The dinosaur and the baby (1967), a conversation between Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang (60 min.) ; Encounter with Fritz Lang (1963), a short film by Peter Fleischmann; interview with Raoul Coutard ; excerpt from an interview between François Chalais and Jean-Luc Godard about the film ; theatrical trailer.