How to Be a Good Wife

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 11, 2020

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

France 3 Cinéma,Orange Studio,uMedia,Memento Films Production,Les Films du Kiosque,Imagine Films

Cast

Sasha Herschritt,Édouard Baer,Anamaria Vartolomei,Lily Taïeb,Andréa Mands,Clémence Blondeau,Marie Zabukovec,Lauren Deguitre,Stéphane Bissot,Perrine Avisseand 25 more

Director

Martin Provost

Writer

Séverine Werba,Martin Provost

Producer

Denis Pineau-Valencienne,Serge Hayat,Beata Saboova,François Kraus,Adrian Politowski

Cinematography

Guillaume Schiffman

Music

Grégoire Hetzel

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt10441958