Fool’s Mate (1956)
1956 · 0h 28m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Claire is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean. Claire meets her lover, Claude, at his apartment, where he gifts her a fur coat. Now Claire needs to figure out how to return home with this expensive gift without the affair being found out.
Director: Jacques Rivette
Writers: Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette, Charles L. Bitsch
Cinematography: Charles L. Bitsch
Editor: Denise de Casabianca
Cast
Virginie Vitry as ClaireAnne Doat as SolangeJean-Claude Brialy as ClaudeJacques Doniol-Valcroze as JeanFrançois Truffaut as Party guest (uncredited)Jean-Luc Godard as Party guest (uncredited)Robert Lachenay as Party guest (uncredited)Claude Chabrol as Party guest (uncredited)Jacques Rivette as Narrator (uncredited)More like this
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