Poster for the movie Fool’s Mate

Fool’s Mate

1956 • 28 minutes
ComedyDrama

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?

Picture of Virginie Vitry

Virginie Vitry

Claire

Picture of Anne Doat

Anne Doat

Solange

Picture of Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Claude

Picture of Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jean

Picture of François Truffaut

François Truffaut

Party guest (uncredited)

Picture of Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Party guest (uncredited)

Picture of Robert Lachenay

Robert Lachenay

Party guest (uncredited)

Picture of Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

Party guest (uncredited)

Picture of Jacques Rivette

Jacques Rivette

Narrator (uncredited)