Fool’s Mate backdrop

Fool’s Mate 1956 Le Coup du berger

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?

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gneres Comedy , Drama
Production Company Les Films de la Pléiade
Release Date 1 November 1956
28 mins