Martin Provost
Director
How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
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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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, The Roku Channel, OVID + 3 more, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, France Channel Amazon Channel, Fawesome
Production Companies: Les Films du Kiosque, France 3 Cinéma, Orange Studio, Umedia, Memento Films ProductionImagine Films
Country: France
Production Country:
France
Languages:
French
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Runtime: 108 min.
Released: March 11, 2020
Digital Release: Sept. 21, 2020
Status: Released
Certification: M / 7+