Fool’s Mate

1956 · 28 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,064 VOTES · DIR. Jacques Rivette

Overview

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?

ComedyDrama1950s

Dialogue Timeline — 255 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:33 THE SHEPHERD'S MATE
00:03:24 More.
00:04:56 What occasion?
00:05:46 What are we going to do?
00:06:15 - You'll make fun of me. - Just say it.
00:08:11 - Good evening, darling. - Good evening.
00:09:07 - Why did you take it? - Well, I...
00:10:17 It would be nice to check.
00:10:51 Yvonne?
00:11:36 I'll play a little piano.
00:12:48 Do you want me to go? Do you really?
00:15:48 +-Yes? - Your sister.
00:16:42 Me? What love life?
00:17:32 - It's yours. I never wear it anymore. - I don't want to exploit you.
00:18:04 Thank you.
00:19:06 Come on, open it.
00:19:51 Or throw it in the trash.
00:22:20 - No, what? - No, it didn't work.
00:23:01 That's all you have to say?
00:23:48 you're going to be like that? We must do something.
00:24:23 You agreed. You planned everything.
00:24:56 See you tonight?
00:25:27 You'll see.
00:27:16 - Jules. - Really?

Cast & Characters

Virginie Vitry Claire Anne Doat Solange, la soeur de Claire Jacques Doniol-Valcroze Jean, le mari Jean-Claude Brialy Claude, l'amant Claude Chabrol Un invité de la surprise-partie Jean-Luc Godard Un invité à la fête Robert Lachenay Party guest Jacques Rivette Narrator Jacques Rivette Narrator François Truffaut Un invité à la fête

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed255
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:00:33
Final line00:27:16

Production Record

DirectorJacques Rivette
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,064