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Fool's Mate

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Claire's lover Claude gives her a fur coat, and she has to figure out a story to tell her husband so he will not suspect she is having an affair.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 12/30/2006
Jacques Rivette's first foray into <'professional' filmmaking was this very uncharacteristic and relatively conventional half-hour 35-millimeter short. Go to Full Review Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine 12/04/2006
2/4
The whole thing is shallow and obvious in ways that Rivette's features never are. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/07/2016 Fun for a short film. See more 04/30/2009 The overlooked harbinger of the New Wave. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jacques Rivette

Director

Virginie Vitry

Claire

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jean, le mari

Jean-Claude Brialy

Claude, l'amant

Anne Doat

Solange, la soeur de Claire

Claude Chabrol

Un invité de la surprise-partie
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Movie Info

Synopsis Claire's lover Claude gives her a fur coat, and she has to figure out a story to tell her husband so he will not suspect she is having an affair.
Director
Jacques Rivette
Producer
Pierre Braunberger, Claude Chabrol
Screenwriter
Charles L. Bitsch, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette
Production Co
Les Films de la Pléiade [fr]
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
28m