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Claire (Virginie Vitry) is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean (Jacques Doniol-Valcroze). As this 28-minute trifle 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 (Jean-Claude Brialy) 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 though? Read More

Watch Checkmate online. Featuring Virginie Vitry and Anne Doat, Checkmate is classified as Comedy and Romance genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.2. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 2 services such as Criterion Channel and OVID. The movie was filmed in France and was released on 1956. Checkmate was directed by Claude Chabrol,Charles L. Bitsch,Jacques Rivette,Jean-Marie Straub. Read Less