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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.
Where to watch How to Be a Good Wife
How to Be a Good Wife is streaming in the US on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, France Channel, Kanopy, Fawesome, The Roku Channel and Tubi TV.
It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video and Apple TV Store.
Cast
- Juliette Binoche as Paulette Van Der Beck
- Yolande Moreau as Gilberte Van der Beck
- Noémie Lvovsky as Marie-Therese
- Édouard Baer as André Grunvald
- François Berléand as Robert Van der Beck
- Marie Zabukovec as Annie Fuchs
- Anamaria Vartolomei as Albane Des-deux-Ponts
- Lily Taïeb as Yvette Ziegler
- Pauline Briand as Corinne Schwartz
- Armelle as Christiane Rougemont
- Marine Berlanger as Residential school student
- Clémence Blondeau as Residential school student
Details
- Director
- Martin Provost
- Released
- March 11, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Studio
- Les Films du Kiosque, France 3 Cinéma and Orange Studio
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.7 / 10 from 261 votes
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