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 |
| Writing | Claude Chabrol | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Charles L. Bitsch | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Denise de Casabianca | Editor |
| Production | Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
| Production | Claude Chabrol | Producer |
| Writing | Jacques Rivette | Writer |
| Writing | Charles L. Bitsch | Writer |
| Camera | Robert Lachenay | Assistant Camera |
