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    How to Be a Good Wife

    108'

    2020-03-11

    5.7

    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.

    DirectingJuliette MaillardWritingMartin Provost

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    Cast

    4

    Paulette Van Der Beck

    Juliette Binoche

    1

    Gilberte Van der Beck

    Yolande Moreau

    1

    Marie-Therese

    Noémie Lvovsky

    1

    André Grunvald

    Édouard Baer

    2

    Robert Van der Beck

    François Berléand

    1

    Annie Fuchs

    Marie Zabukovec

    3

    Albane Des-deux-Ponts

    Anamaria Vartolomei

    1

    Yvette Ziegler

    Lily Taïeb

    1

    Corinne Schwartz

    Pauline Briand

    1

    Christiane Rougemont

    Armelle

    1

    Residential school student

    Marine Berlanger

    1

    Residential school student

    Clémence Blondeau

    1

    Marie-Jo Lorentz

    Marie Cornillon

    1

    Residential school student

    Lauren Deguitre

    1

    Residential school student

    Clémentine Delange

    1

    Residential school student

    Juliet Doucet

    1

    Residential school student

    Suzanne-Marie Gabriel

    1

    Residential school student

    Elise Girard

    1

    Residential school student

    Marie-Anne Guilbert

    1

    Residential school student

    Sasha Herschritt

    1

    Residential school student

    Margaux Houssiaux

    1

    Residential school student

    Blandine Laignel

    1

    Residential school student

    Andréa Mands

    1

    Residential school student

    Salomé Soares

    1

    The “bonjour madame” assistant

    Julien Sibre

    1

    Raymonde

    Stéphane Bissot

    1

    The priest

    Dominique Pozzetto

    1

    Mr. Schmitt

    Philippe Morand

    1

    Birgit, the waitress at Mado

    Cécile Dominjon

    1

    Mr. Frantz, the waiter at Mado

    Stéphane Hausauer

    1

    The motorist in the traffic jam

    François Hauteserre

    1

    Ménie Grégoire (voice)

    Cécile Ribault-Caillol

    1

    Gaëtan

    Alex Dey

    1

    The bistro customer

    Lucas Bleger

    1

    The makeup artist

    Perrine Avisse

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. France
    • List of languages:
      1. French
    • List of companies:
      1. Les Films du Kiosque
      2. France 3 Cinéma
      3. Orange Studio
      4. uMedia
      5. Memento Production
      6. Imagine Films
    • Vote Count: 262
    • Popularity: 1.3082
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:La Bonne Épouse

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