Movie: Fool’s Mate

Top 9 Billed Cast

Virginie Vitry
Virginie Vitry

Claire

Anne Doat
Anne Doat

Solange

Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy

Claude

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jean

François Truffaut
François Truffaut

Party guest (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard

Party guest (uncredited)

Robert Lachenay
Robert Lachenay

Party guest (uncredited)

Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol

Party guest (uncredited)

Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette

Narrator (uncredited)

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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?

  • Release Date

    1956-11-01

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français
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