How to Be a Good Wife

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20201h 48m

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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.

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Juliette Binoche - Paulette Van Der Beck in How to Be a Good Wife

Juliette Binoche

Paulette Van Der Beck

Yolande Moreau - Gilberte Van der Beck in How to Be a Good Wife

Yolande Moreau

Gilberte Van der Beck

Noémie Lvovsky - Marie-Therese in How to Be a Good Wife

Noémie Lvovsky

Marie-Therese

Édouard Baer - André Grunvald in How to Be a Good Wife

Édouard Baer

André Grunvald

François Berléand - Robert Van der Beck in How to Be a Good Wife

François Berléand

Robert Van der Beck

Marie Zabukovec - Annie Fuchs in How to Be a Good Wife

Marie Zabukovec

Annie Fuchs

Anamaria Vartolomei - Albane Des-deux-Ponts in How to Be a Good Wife

Anamaria Vartolomei

Albane Des-deux-Ponts

Lily Taïeb - Yvette Ziegler in How to Be a Good Wife

Lily Taïeb

Yvette Ziegler

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Release Date

March 11, 2020

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Comedy

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