---
title: 'How to Be a Good Wife (2020)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Martin Provost'
released: '2020-01-15'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-to-be-a-good-wife-2020'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10441958/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# How to Be a Good Wife (2020)

2020 · 110 min · Comedy · France, Belgium

Original title: La Bonne Épouse

## Synopsis

How to Be a Good Wife is a French comedy-drama film directed by Martin Provost. The film begins in 1967 in Alsace, France at a school made for good housekeeping, and stars Juliette Binoche as Paulette Van der Beck, a housewife who unexpectedly has to take over leadership of the school after the death of her husband.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Martin Provost](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-provost)
- **Screenplay:** [Martin Provost](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-provost)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Grégoire Hetzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregoire-hetzel)
- **Producer:** [Denis Pineau-Valencienne](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-pineau-valencienne), [François Kraus](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-kraus), [Serge Hayat](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-hayat)
- **Director of Photography:** [Guillaume Schiffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillaume-schiffman)
- **Editor:** [Albertine Lastera](https://cinepixo.com/people/albertine-lastera)

## Cast

- [Stéphane Bissot](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-bissot)
- [Marie Zabukovec](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-zabukovec)
- [Juliette Binoche](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-binoche)
- [François Berléand](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-berleand)
- [Armelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/armelle)
- [Noémie Lvovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/noemie-lvovsky)
- [Anamaria Vartolomei](https://cinepixo.com/people/anamaria-vartolomei)
- [Julien Sibre](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-sibre)
- [Lily Taïeb](https://cinepixo.com/people/lily-taieb)
- [Élise Girard](https://cinepixo.com/people/elise-girard)
- [Yolande Moreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/yolande-moreau)
- [Édouard Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-baer)

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