Comedy ·Drama · France · 1956 · 28m

Fool’s Mate

Le Coup du berger

Director

Cast

Virginie Vitry as Claire Anne Doat as Solange Jean-Claude Brialy as Claude Jacques Doniol-Valcroze as Jean François Truffaut as Party guest (uncredited) Jean-Luc Godard as Party guest (uncredited)

Crew

Charles L. Bitsch — Director of Photography Denise de Casabianca — Editor Claude Chabrol — Screenplay Jacques Rivette — Writer Charles L. Bitsch — Writer Claude Chabrol — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

short film

Key Collaborators

Jacques Rivette Director Charles L. Bitsch Director of Photography Denise de Casabianca Editor Claude Chabrol Screenplay Jacques Rivette Writer Charles L. Bitsch Writer Claude Chabrol Producer Pierre Braunberger Producer

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