How to Be a Good Wife
108 mins
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.
Suzanne-Marie Gabriel
Residential school student
Elise Girard
Residential school student
Sasha Herschritt
Residential school student
Margaux Houssiaux
Residential school student
Salomé Soares
Residential school student
Thierry François
Production Design
Camille Bougon-Pigneul
Set Decoration
Brigitte Moidon
Casting
Albertine Lastera
Editor
Christophe Oliveira
Key Makeup Artist
Juliette Maillard
First Assistant Director
Ingrid Ralet
Supervising Sound Editor
Céline Planchenault
Key Makeup Artist
Luc Thomas
Foley Mixer
Dorothée Soual
Wigmaker
Céline Vh
Hairstylist
Valérie Le Docte
Dialogue Editor
Morgane Salou
Hairstylist
Beata Saboova
Producer
Loïc Limosin
Gaffer
Martin Peignier
Sound Assistant