How to Be a Good Wife

How to Be a Good Wife

2020 fr 108 minutes

Rating: 5.711

Plot

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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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

Marie Cornillon

Marie Cornillon

Marie-Jo Lorentz

Lauren Deguitre

Lauren Deguitre

Residential school student

Clémentine Delange

Clémentine Delange

Residential school student

Juliet Doucet

Juliet Doucet

Residential school student

Suzanne-Marie Gabriel

Suzanne-Marie Gabriel

Residential school student

Elise Girard

Elise Girard

Residential school student

Marie-Anne Guilbert

Marie-Anne Guilbert

Residential school student

Sasha Herschritt

Sasha Herschritt

Residential school student

Margaux Houssiaux

Margaux Houssiaux

Residential school student

Blandine Laignel

Blandine Laignel

Residential school student

Andréa Mands

Andréa Mands

Residential school student

Salomé Soares

Salomé Soares

Residential school student

Julien Sibre

Julien Sibre

The “bonjour madame” assistant

Stéphane Bissot

Stéphane Bissot

Raymonde

Dominique Pozzetto

Dominique Pozzetto

The priest

Philippe Morand

Philippe Morand

Mr. Schmitt

Cécile Dominjon

Cécile Dominjon

Birgit, the waitress at Mado

Stéphane Hausauer

Stéphane Hausauer

Mr. Frantz, the waiter at Mado

François Hauteserre

François Hauteserre

The motorist in the traffic jam

Cécile Ribault-Caillol

Cécile Ribault-Caillol

Ménie Grégoire (voice)

Alex Dey

Alex Dey

Gaëtan

Lucas Bleger

Lucas Bleger

The bistro customer

Perrine Avisse

Perrine Avisse

The makeup artist

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