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?
Unfortunately the movie Fool's Mate is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Jacques Rivette | Director |
| Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Claude Chabrol | Screenplay |
| Production | Claude Chabrol | Producer |
| Writing | Jacques Rivette | Writer |
| Editing | Denise de Casabianca | Editor |
| Production | Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
| Writing | Charles L. Bitsch | Writer |
| Camera | Charles L. Bitsch | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Robert Lachenay | Assistant Camera |
