As she anxiously awaits the results of a medical test, French pop singer Cléo spends a few hours drifting through the streets of Paris. Along the way, she meets her lover, goes shopping, visits her model friend Dorothée, and shares a brief connection with a passing soldier. In this spirited yet emotionally rich blend of vérité and melodrama, Agnès Varda captures Paris in the early 1960s with rare intimacy, enhanced by a memorable score from Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).