How to Be a Good Wife
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Synopsis
Paulette Van Der Beck and her husband have been running the housekeeping school of Bitche in Alsace for many years. Their mission is to train teenage girls to become the perfect housewives at a time when women were expected to be subservient to their husband. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to take her responsibilities. But while preparations are underway for the best housekeeping competition TV show, she and her lively students start questioning their beliefs as the nation-wide protests of May 1968 transform society around them. Reunited with her first love, André, and with the help of her eccentric stepsister Gilberte and strict nun Marie-Therese, Paulette joins forces with the schoolgirls to overcome their suppressed status and become liberated women.
- Directed by
- Martin Provost
- Written by
- Martin Provost, Séverine Werba
Cast
Juliette Binoche
Paulette Van Der Beck
Yolande Moreau
Gilberte Van der Beck
Noémie Lvovsky
Marie-Therese
Édouard Baer
André Grunvald
François Berléand
Robert Van der Beck
Marie Zabukovec
Annie Fuchs
Anamaria Vartolomei
Albane Des-deux-Ponts
Lily Taïeb
Yvette Ziegler
Pauline Briand
Corinne Schwartz
Armelle
Christiane Rougemont
Marine Berlanger
Residential school student
Clémence Blondeau
Residential school student
Marie Cornillon
Marie-Jo Lorentz
Lauren Deguitre
Residential school student
Clémentine Delange
Residential school student
Juliet Doucet
Residential school student
Details
- Released
- March 11, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- FR
- Original title
- La Bonne Épouse
- Country
- France
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