How to Be a Good Wife

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 ..

Keywords

  • Awarded comedies
  • Feel Good Movies
  • Juliette Binoche
  • Les César 2021
  • LuxFilmFest
  • LuxFilmFest - Comédies
  • LuxFilmFest - Europe
  • Portraits of empowered women
  • Teachers in the Movies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Top 22, Most Watched Films

Actors

  • Juliette Binoche
  • Yolande Moreau
  • Noémie Lvovsky
  • Edouard Baer
  • François Berléand
  • Anamaria Vartolomei

Director

  • Martin Provost

Drama, Comedy


1h 49min


-12

FR

France
2020
Paulette Van Der Beck's housekeeping school teaches the importance of keeping the home and fulfilling marital duties without complaining.

Paulette Van Der Beck's housekeeping school teaches the importance of keeping the home and fulfilling marital duties without complaining.


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 ..

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