How to Be a Good Wife (2020) [N/A]

Release Date:
March 11, 2020

Original Title:
La Bonne Épouse

Alternate Titles:
Den gode hustru
Hvordan bli en god kone
La Bonne Epouse

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
France 3 Cinéma
Imagine Films
Les Films du Kiosque
Memento Films Production
Orange Studio
uMedia

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  CH: 8  CZ: 15+  DE: 12  ES: 7  FR: TP  HU: 16  KR: 12  PL: 12  SK: 12 

Runtime: 108

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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Casting:
Brigitte Moidon
Marie-France Michel

Costume Design:
Madeline Fontaine

Dialogue Editor:
Valérie Le Docte

Director:
Martin Provost

Director of Photography:
Guillaume Schiffman

Editor:
Albertine Lastera

Executive Producer:
Adrian Politowski

First Assistant Director:
Juliette Maillard

Foley Artist:
Philippe van Leer

Foley Mixer:
Luc Thomas

Gaffer:
Loïc Limosin

Hairstylist:
Céline Vh
Morgane Salou

Key Makeup Artist:
Christophe Oliveira
Céline Planchenault

Original Music Composer:
Grégoire Hetzel

Producer:
François Kraus
Denis Pineau-Valencienne
Serge Hayat
Beata Saboova

Production Design:
Thierry François

Set Decoration:
Camille Bougon-Pigneul

Sound Mixer:
Brigitte Taillandier

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Emmanuel Croset

Supervising Sound Editor:
Ingrid Ralet

Wigmaker:
Virginie Berland
Dorothée Soual

Writer:
Martin Provost
Séverine Werba

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