Fool’s Mate (1956)
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
Writer:
Claude Chabrol
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Virginie Vitry as Claire |
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Anne Doat as Solange |
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Jean-Claude Brialy as Claude |
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Jacques Doniol-Valcroze as Jean |
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François Truffaut as Party guest (uncredited) |
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Jean-Luc Godard as Party guest (uncredited) |
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Robert Lachenay as Party guest (uncredited) |
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Claude Chabrol as Party guest (uncredited) |
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Jacques Rivette as Narrator (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jacques Rivette | Director |
| Writing | Claude Chabrol | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Charles L. Bitsch | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Denise de Casabianca | Editor |
| Production | Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
| Production | Claude Chabrol | Producer |
| Writing | Jacques Rivette | Writer |
| Writing | Charles L. Bitsch | Writer |
| Camera | Robert Lachenay | Assistant Camera |