Le coup du berger
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Written by Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol, and Charles H. Bitsch
1956/France
Les Films de Peliade
First viewing/Hulu
[box] “Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves![/box]
This is short, sweet, and amusing – a little like an O. Henry story.
A married woman receives a beautiful fur from her lover and would like to take it home and wear it. But how? The two cook up a scheme involving a suitcase and a “lost” claim ticket. Things don’t work out as planned.
The plot is narrated as moves in a chess game. The movie is only 28 minutes long and lighter than air. I enjoyed it.
This film was Rivette’s first using 35 mm and sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9CgAM7ZNE
Clip – no subtitles
