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Fool’s Mate (1956)

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?
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Jacques Rivette profile
Jacques Rivette

Director

Claude Chabrol profile
Claude Chabrol

Screenplay

Cast

Virginie Vitry profile
Virginie Vitry

Claire

Anne Doat profile
Anne Doat

Solange

Jean-Claude Brialy profile
Jean-Claude Brialy

Claude

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze profile
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jean

François Truffaut profile
François Truffaut

Party guest (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard profile
Jean-Luc Godard

Party guest (uncredited)

Robert Lachenay profile
Robert Lachenay

Party guest (uncredited)

Claude Chabrol profile
Claude Chabrol

Party guest (uncredited)

Jacques Rivette profile
Jacques Rivette

Narrator (uncredited)

Virginie Vitry profile
Virginie Vitry

Claire

Anne Doat profile
Anne Doat

Solange

Jean-Claude Brialy profile
Jean-Claude Brialy

Claude

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze profile
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jean

François Truffaut profile
François Truffaut

Party guest (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard profile
Jean-Luc Godard

Party guest (uncredited)

Robert Lachenay profile
Robert Lachenay

Party guest (uncredited)

Claude Chabrol profile
Claude Chabrol

Party guest (uncredited)

Jacques Rivette profile
Jacques Rivette

Narrator (uncredited)

Extra

Release Date

November 1, 1956

Original Language

French

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Les Films de la Pléiade logo

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