How to Be a Good Wife (2021)

  • NR
  • 05/11/2021 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 48m

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.

Martin Provost

Director, Writer

Séverine Werba

Writer

Cast

Juliette Binoche's headshot

Juliette Binoche

Paulette Van Der Beck
Yolande Moreau's headshot

Yolande Moreau

Gilberte Van der Beck
Noémie Lvovsky's headshot

Noémie Lvovsky

Marie-Therese
Édouard Baer's headshot

Édouard Baer

André Grunvald
François Berléand's headshot

François Berléand

Robert Van der Beck
Marie Zabukovec's headshot

Marie Zabukovec

Annie Fuchs
Anamaria Vartolomei's headshot

Anamaria Vartolomei

Albane Des-deux-Ponts
Lily Taïeb's headshot

Lily Taïeb

Yvette Ziegler

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