How to Be a Good Wife
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.
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Edited by Albertine LasteraShot by Guillaume SchiffmanScored by Gregoire HetzelDesigned by Thierry Francois
Box Office
2020 · Box office
Grossed $6.0M worldwide
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- Die perfekte Ehefraude
- How to Be a Good Wifeen
- La brava moglieit
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23 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Juliette Binoche
as Paulette Van der Beck
Yolande Moreau
as Gilberte Van der Beck
Noemie Lvovsky
as Marie-Thérèse
Edouard Baer
as André Grunvald
Marie Zabukovec
as Annie Fuchs
Anamaria Vartolomei
as Albane Des-deux-Ponts
Lily Taieb
as Yvette Ziegler
Pauline Briand
as Corinne Schwartz
Francois Berleand
as Robert Van der Beck
Armelle
as Christiane Rougemont
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