Fool’s Mate
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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.
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Cast
9 people
Virginie Vitry
Claire
Known for
The Cousins
Anne Doat
Solange
Known for
Let's Rob the Bank
The Seventh Juror
Jean-Claude Brialy
Claude
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Phantom of Liberty
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Jean
Known for
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Emmanuelle 3
François Truffaut
Party guest (uncredited)
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Wild Child
Jean-Luc Godard
Party guest (uncredited)
Known for
Breathless
Contempt
Robert Lachenay
Party guest (uncredited)
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Claude Chabrol
Party guest (uncredited)
Known for
The Day of the Crows
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Jacques Rivette
Narrator (uncredited)
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Short Memory
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Jacques Rivette Director · Claude Chabrol Screenplay Charles L. Bitsch Writer
First release November 1, 1956 · Produced in France · Original title Le Coup du berger
Production
Les Films de la Pléiade
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Le Coup du berger
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 1, 1956
Theatrical · Festival Du Court Metrage, Tours
No release date listed for United States.
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