How to Be a Good Wife

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Juliette Binoche

Paulette Van Der Beck

Age : 60 | Popularity : 18%

Yolande Moreau

Gilberte Van der Beck

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Noémie Lvovsky

Marie-Therese

Age : 59 | Popularity : 8%

Édouard Baer

André Grunvald

Age : 57 | Popularity : 3%

François Berléand

Robert Van der Beck

Age : 72 | Popularity : 8%

Marie Zabukovec

Annie Fuchs

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Anamaria Vartolomei

Albane Des-deux-Ponts

Age : 25 | Popularity : 4%

Lily Taïeb

Yvette Ziegler

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Casting	Brigitte Moidon Marie-France Michel
	Producer	François Kraus Denis Pineau-Valencienne Serge Hayat
Sound	Sound Mixer	Brigitte Taillandier
	Supervising Sound Editor	Ingrid Ralet
	Original Music Composer	Grégoire Hetzel
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Emmanuel Croset
Camera	Director of Photography	Guillaume Schiffman
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Madeline Fontaine
	Key Makeup Artist	Christophe Oliveira Céline Planchenault
Directing	Director	Martin Provost
	First Assistant Director	Juliette Maillard
Writing	Writer	Martin Provost Séverine Werba
Art	Production Design	Thierry François
	Set Decoration	Camille Bougon-Pigneul
Editing	Editor	Albertine Lastera
Department	Role	Name

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