How to Be a Good Wife
2020-03-11 | 108 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
-
Juliette BinochePaulette Van Der Beck
-
Yolande MoreauGilberte Van der Beck
-
Noémie LvovskyMarie-Therese
-
Édouard BaerAndré Grunvald
-
François BerléandRobert Van der Beck
-
Marie ZabukovecAnnie Fuchs
-
Anamaria VartolomeiAlbane Des-deux-Ponts
-
Lily TaïebYvette Ziegler
-
Pauline BriandCorinne Schwartz
-
ArmelleChristiane Rougemont
-
Marine BerlangerResidential school student
-
Clémence BlondeauResidential school student
-
Marie CornillonMarie-Jo Lorentz
-
Lauren DeguitreResidential school student
-
Clémentine DelangeResidential school student
-
Juliet DoucetResidential school student
-
Marie-Anne GuilbertResidential school student
Recommendations
-
La Forêt de mon père
-
The Candidate
-
Simply Black
-
Felicità
-
Perfumes
-
Skate Kitchen
-
A Friendly Tale...
-
The Lion
-
The Girl with a Bracelet
-
No Sudden Move
-
Orbiter 9
-
Small Country: An African Childhood
-
April and the Extraordinary World
-
Only the Animals
-
Irresistible
-
Wasp Network
-
The Professional
-
Mr. Jones
-
9 Month Stretch
-
Cyrano de Bergerac
Similar Movies
-
Witches
-
Manuel and Clemente
-
Thomas Wiesel: It's Okay.
-
My Summer in Provence
-
If Looks Could Kill
-
With Open Arms
-
El Calentito
-
La Cavale Epique De Paolo Zappa
-
Dazed and Confused
-
Patch Adams
-
The Girl on the Bridge
-
Excess Will Save Us
-
The ComDads
-
All of Me
-
East Is East
-
Where the Heart Is
-
Just Like Home
-
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
-
A Very Bad Friend
-
Carry On Again Doctor