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FOOL'S MATE: LE COUP DU BERGER
By Jacques Rivette

An early film from the six-decade career of hugely influential French director and critic Jacques Rivette.

Claire (Virginie Vitry) is given a gorgeous fur coat by her lover, Claude (Jean-Claude Brialy). To avoid raising her sleepy husband's suspicions (Etienne Loinod), she hatches a plan to "find" a baggage claim ticket on the floor of a cab. Claim the bag, see that it contains a fur coat ¨C and voil¨¤! ¨C she can wear it without fear. "The perfect crime," as her lover saysĄ­ But is it?

While long running times would become a Rivette trademark, FOOL'S MATE is a tautly paced short drama that unfolds like a chess match, with moves and counter-moves as each side tries to outwit the other. The digital restoration highlights the film's exquisite cinematography. Virginie Vitry is a sexy, pouty, luminous lead, and the film features cameos by Jean-Luc Godard, Fran?ois Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol.
DVD (French, With English Subtitles, Black and White)
27 minutes
1957
 
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