Story :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
Juliette BinochePaulette Van Der Beck
Yolande MoreauGilberte Van der Beck
Noémie LvovskyMarie-Therese
Édouard BaerAndré Grunvald
François BerléandRobert Van der Beck
Marie ZabukovecAnnie Fuchs
Anamaria VartolomeiAlbane Des-deux-Ponts
Lily TaïebYvette Ziegler
Pauline BriandCorinne Schwartz
ArmelleChristiane Rougemont
Marine BerlangerResidential school student
Clémence BlondeauResidential school student
Marie CornillonMarie-Jo Lorentz
Lauren DeguitreResidential school student
Clémentine DelangeResidential school student
Juliet DoucetResidential school student
Suzanne-Marie GabrielResidential school student
Elise GirardResidential school student
Marie-Anne GuilbertResidential school student
Sasha HerschrittResidential school student
Margaux HoussiauxResidential school student
Blandine LaignelResidential school student
Andréa MandsResidential school student
Salomé SoaresResidential school student
Julien SibreThe “bonjour madame” assistant
Stéphane BissotRaymonde
Dominique PozzettoThe priest
Philippe MorandMr. Schmitt
Cécile DominjonBirgit, the waitress at Mado
Stéphane HausauerMr. Frantz, the waiter at Mado
François HauteserreThe motorist in the traffic jam