与戈达尔的其它作品一样，傍晚这部电影并不遵循传统的电影叙事弧：傍晚开端、冲突和结果。相反，它为观众呈现了女主角朱丽叶·詹森（玛丽那·维拉迪 Marina Vlady 饰）24小时繁杂但空虚的生活。60时代中期的法国，各种社会哲学思潮都在发生变化，朱丽叶表面上是一个中产阶级的已婚母亲,身份之后却是一个兼职妓女，独自应对沉重的生活压力。朱丽叶先把哭闹尖叫的孩子送到一个专门为应召女郎照看孩子的男人那里，然后开始她一天的生活。购物、做家务、带孩子，她平淡无奇的日常生活时常被客户的约会所打断。片中的故事形态早已支离破碎，充斥着各种旁白、字幕、符号、毫不相关的镜头画面。虽然影片在拍摄时有脚本，但是戈达尔要求演员在表演时突破“第四道墙”，随机创作台词，与镜头外的工作人员进行互动，使得这部影片充满了实验性和批判意识。
林颖娴
回复 :三个小故事串成了这个片子。 分别命名为消失的阳光、错位的童 心、迷失的羔羊。分别展示了儿 童、少年、青少年三个阶段的故事。 消失的阳光讲的青少年——家庭富 裕、物质丰富，然而亲子缺少沟通， 或是一味溺爱，或是不理不问，有心 人乘机进行蛊惑，导致了悲剧；错位 的童心展现了少年的故事，少年的内 心世界是单纯的、也是易碎敏感的， 有些不在乎会引发会心理问题，我们 对孩子的关爱，不能只停留在表 面；迷失的羔羊是社会现象的一个 表述，有一些犯罪团伙通过对儿童进 行控制来取得非法利益，实际上这些 被操控的孩子是很苦的，但在影片中 我插入了一些诙谐因素，只希望他们 被世界温柔以待。
陈好
回复 :战争结束后过了三年，著名画家小野益次步入老年，他所居住的小镇从战后的废墟逐渐恢复，他在镇上过着安稳的生活。他心爱的女儿和外孙到访，他和熟悉的酒馆老板娘闲谈，他邂逅战前的旧友。就在二女儿开始考虑一门婚事的时候，小野发现了周围人的目光有所转变。他本认为自己是抱着坚强的意志为了国家一直鞠躬尽瘁，为什么现在却非得遭受大家的责难呢？他也渐渐认识到害怕自己曾经的影子是因为自己的软弱…
严凤英
回复 :Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest (Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family.As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did.Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Nancy Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano.The film's original title, The Man I Killed, was changed to The Fifth Commandment to avoid giving "wrong impressions in the minds of the public about the character of the story." It ultimately was released as Broken Lullaby.
