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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 their suppressed status and become liberated women.

2020 |1h 48m |  Comedy

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Juliette Binoche

Paulette Van Der Beck

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Yolande Moreau

Gilberte Van der Beck

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Noémie Lvovsky

Marie-Therese

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Édouard Baer

André Grunvald

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François Berléand

Robert Van der Beck

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Marie Zabukovec

Annie Fuchs

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Anamaria Vartolomei

Albane Des-deux-Ponts

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Lily Taïeb

Yvette Ziegler

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Pauline Briand

Corinne Schwartz

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Armelle

Christiane Rougemont

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Marine Berlanger

Residential school student

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Clémence Blondeau

Residential school student

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Marie Cornillon

Marie-Jo Lorentz

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Lauren Deguitre

Residential school student

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Clémentine Delange

Residential school student

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Juliet Doucet

Residential school student

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Marie-Anne Guilbert

Residential school student

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Blandine Laignel

Residential school student

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Andréa Mands

Residential school student

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Julien Sibre

The “bonjour madame” assistant

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Stéphane Bissot

Raymonde

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Dominique Pozzetto

The priest

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Philippe Morand

Mr. Schmitt

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Cécile Dominjon

Birgit, the waitress at Mado

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Stéphane Hausauer

Mr. Frantz, the waiter at Mado

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François Hauteserre

The motorist in the traffic jam

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Cécile Ribault-Caillol

Ménie Grégoire (voice)

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Alex Dey

Gaëtan

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Lucas Bleger

The bistro customer

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Perrine Avisse

The makeup artist

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Language

French

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