- Country: France
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release: 2020-03-11
- Director: Martin Provost
- Writers: Martin Provost , Séverine Werba
- Language: French
- Stars: Juliette Binoche , Yolande Moreau , Noémie Lvovsky , Edouard Baer , François Berléand , Marie Zabukovec , Anamaria Vartolomei , Lily Taieb , Pauline Briand , Armelle
- Runtime: 109 min
- Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
- AKA: How to Be a Good Wife (New Zealand) , Como Ser Una Buena Esosa (Chile) , La bonne épouse , Hvordan bli en god kone (Norway) , İyi Bir Eş Olmanın Yolları (Turkey) , Den gode hustru (Denmark) , Manual da Boa Esposa (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , La brava moglie (Italy) , Школа хороших дружин (Ukraine) , La bonne épouse (Germany) , Как да бъдеш добра съпруга (Bulgaria) , La bonne épouse (Belgium) , Как быть хорошей женой (Russian Federation) , 完美嬌妻養成班 (Taiwan) , Manual de la buena esposa (Spain) , How to Be a Good Wife (United States of America) , Soţia perfectă (Romania) , Jak być dobrą żoną (Poland) , Die perfekte Ehefrau (Germany) , How to Be a Good Wife (Australia) , Eikh Lihiyot 'Isha Tova (Israel) , Hyvä vaimo (Finland) , La bonne épouse (France, French Republic) , Kako biti dobra supruga (Croatia) , Hogyan legyél jó feleség? (Hungary) , La bonne épouse (Canada) , Eine perfekte Ehefrau (Austria) , 5月の花嫁学校 (Japan) , How to Be a Good Wife , Tobula zmona (Lithuania) , A Boa Esposa (Brazil) , How to Be a Good Wife (United Kingdom) , La bonne épouse (Canada)How To Be A Good Wife, 如何成为一位好妻子 (China)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt10441958
Martin Provost
Director
Juliette Binoche
Paulette Van Der Beck
Yolande Moreau
Gilberte Van der Beck
Noémie Lvovsky
Marie-Therese
Edouard Baer
André Grunvald
François Berléand
Robert Van der Beck
Anamaria Vartolomei
Albane Des-deux-Ponts
Lily Taieb
Yvette Ziegler
Armelle
Christiane Rougemont
Élise Girard
Residential school student
Blandine Laignel
Residential school student
Julien Sibre
The “bonjour madame” assistant
Stéphane Bissot
Raymonde
Dominique Pozzetto
The priest
Philippe Morand
Mr. Schmitt
Cécile Dominjon
Birgit, the waitress at Mado
Stéphane Hausauer
Mr. Frantz, the waiter at Mado
François Hauteserre
The motorist in the traffic jam