How to Be a Good Wife

How to Be a Good Wife

2020
1h 48m
5.7

5.7/10

247 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy
Overview

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.

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Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Les Films du Kiosque France 3 Cinéma Orange Studio uMedia Memento Production Imagine Films
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

france change 1970s feminism affectation angry aggressive critical admiring adoring ambiguous ambivalent amused familiar harsh

Quick Facts

Original Title La Bonne Épouse
Release Date March 11, 2020
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt10441958

Cast

Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche

Paulette Van Der Beck

Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau

Gilberte Van der Beck

Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky

Marie-Therese

Édouard Baer
Édouard Baer

André Grunvald

François Berléand
François Berléand

Robert Van der Beck

Marie Zabukovec
Marie Zabukovec

Annie Fuchs

Anamaria Vartolomei
Anamaria Vartolomei

Albane Des-deux-Ponts

Lily Taïeb
Lily Taïeb

Yvette Ziegler

Pauline Briand
Pauline Briand

Corinne Schwartz

Armelle
Armelle

Christiane Rougemont

Marine Berlanger
Marine Berlanger

Residential school student

Clémence Blondeau
Clémence Blondeau

Residential school student

Key Crew

Serge Hayat
Producer
Adrian Politowski
Executive Producer
Beata Saboova
Producer
Martin Provost
Director
François Kraus
Producer
Denis Pineau-Valencienne
Producer
Martin Provost
Writer
Séverine Werba
Writer