Fool's Mate (1956)

  • NR
  • 11/01/1956 (FR)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 28m

Overview

Claire is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean As the story opens, she leaves her husband playing baroque music at the piano, telling him she is off to see her sister, Solange. In reality she meets her lover, Claude at his apartment; After some idle chatter and love-making he tells her a story of the shriveled heads that the Jivaro Indians used to give their lovers as tokens of affection but, as she shivers in disgust, he gives her a mink instead. How will they hide it from her husband?

Jacques Rivette

Director, Writer

Claude Chabrol

Screenplay

Charles L. Bitsch

Writer

Cast

Virginie Vitry's headshot

Virginie Vitry

Claire
Anne Doat's headshot

Anne Doat

Solange
Jean-Claude Brialy's headshot

Jean-Claude Brialy

Claude
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze's headshot

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jean
François Truffaut's headshot

François Truffaut

Party guest (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard's headshot

Jean-Luc Godard

Party guest (uncredited)
Robert Lachenay's headshot

Robert Lachenay

Party guest (uncredited)
Claude Chabrol's headshot

Claude Chabrol

Party guest (uncredited)

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