How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
Original title: La Bonne Épouse
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 BinochePaulette Van Der Beck
Yolande MoreauGilberte Van der Beck
Noémie LvovskyMarie-Therese
Édouard BaerAndré Grunvald
François BerléandRobert Van der Beck
Marie ZabukovecAnnie Fuchs
Anamaria VartolomeiAlbane Des-deux-Ponts
Lily TaïebYvette Ziegler
Pauline BriandCorinne Schwartz
Marine BerlangerResidential school student
ArmelleChristiane RougemontClémence BlondeauResidential school studentKeywords
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What is How to Be a Good Wife about?
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.
How long is How to Be a Good Wife?
How to Be a Good Wife has a runtime of 108 minutes.
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