short film

Fool’s Mate (1956)

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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?

Cast & Crew

Director
Jacques Rivette
  • Profile picture of Anne Doat
    Solange Anne Doat
  • Profile picture of Jean-Claude Brialy
    Claude Jean-Claude Brialy
  • Profile picture of Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
    Jean Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
  • Profile picture of François Truffaut
    Party guest (uncredited) François Truffaut
  • Profile picture of Jean-Luc Godard
    Party guest (uncredited) Jean-Luc Godard
  • Profile picture of Claude Chabrol
    Party guest (uncredited) Claude Chabrol
  • Profile picture of Jacques Rivette
    Narrator (uncredited) Jacques Rivette

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Keywords

  • short film