How to Be a Good Wife (2020)

Comedy

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.

Cast

Paulette Van Der Beck
Gilberte Van der Beck
Residential school student
Residential school student
Marie-Jo Lorentz
Residential school student
Residential school student
Residential school student
Residential school student
Residential school student
Residential school student
Residential school student
Marie-Therese
Residential school student
Residential school student
Residential school student
Residential school student
The “bonjour madame” assistant
Mr. Schmitt
Birgit, the waitress at Mado
Mr. Frantz, the waiter at Mado
André Grunvald
The motorist in the traffic jam
Ménie Grégoire (voice)
Gaëtan
The bistro customer
The makeup artist
Robert Van der Beck
Annie Fuchs
Albane Des-deux-Ponts
Yvette Ziegler
Corinne Schwartz
Christiane Rougemont

Crew

Director of Photography
Producer
Original Music Composer
Production Design
Costume Design
Key Makeup Artist
Key Makeup Artist
First Assistant Director
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Supervising Sound Editor
Executive Producer
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
Foley Artist
Foley Mixer
Dialogue Editor