Fool’s Mate

Fool’s Mate (1956)

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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  • Release Date: 1956-11-01
  • Runtime: 0h 28min
  • Director: Jacques Rivette

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  • Cast

    • Virginie Vitry

      Claire

    • Anne Doat

      Solange

    • Jean-Claude Brialy

      Claude

    • Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

      Jean

    • François Truffaut

      Party guest (uncredited)

    • Jean-Luc Godard

      Party guest (uncredited)

    • Robert Lachenay

      Party guest (uncredited)

    • Claude Chabrol

      Party guest (uncredited)

    • Jacques Rivette

      Narrator (uncredited)

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