
How to Be a Good Wife
Comedy
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.
Top Cast


Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche
Paulette Van Der Beck
Juliette Binoche
Paulette Van Der Beck


Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau
Gilberte Van der Beck
Yolande Moreau
Gilberte Van der Beck


Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky
Marie-Therese
Noémie Lvovsky
Marie-Therese


Édouard Baer
Édouard Baer
André Grunvald
Édouard Baer
André Grunvald


François Berléand
François Berléand
Robert Van der Beck
François Berléand
Robert Van der Beck


Marie Zabukovec
Marie Zabukovec
Annie Fuchs
Marie Zabukovec
Annie Fuchs


Anamaria Vartolomei
Anamaria Vartolomei
Albane Des-deux-Ponts
Anamaria Vartolomei
Albane Des-deux-Ponts


Lily Taïeb
Lily Taïeb
Yvette Ziegler
Lily Taïeb
Yvette Ziegler


Pauline Briand
Pauline Briand
Corinne Schwartz
Pauline Briand
Corinne Schwartz


Armelle
Armelle
Christiane Rougemont
Armelle
Christiane Rougemont
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