One of Godard's most acclaimed works of the 1980s, Passion consists of a series of parallel and interwoven stories about provincial life: a factory worker (Huppert) fights with her boss (Piccoli) over union issues; a filmmaker (Radziwilowicz) works in a big studio creating elaborate tableaux based on famous European paintings; the factory owner's wife runs a small hotel and carries on an illicit affair. With humor and uncanny editing and storytelling techniques, Godard presents a fascinating vision of modern economic and gender conflicts, alienation, and desire.