[LA BONNE ÉPOUSE]

Opening Selection. Introduced by filmmaker Martin Provost.

Set in the months leading up to the nationwide protests of May 1968, César winner Martin Provost's (THE MIDWIFE, SÉRAPHINE, VIOLETTE) big-hearted comedy takes place in the Van der Beck School of Housekeeping and Good Manners in Alsace. There, the immaculate and morally upright Paulette Van der Beck (Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche, THE ENGLISH PATIENT) and her husband train teenage girls to become perfect housewives with the help of her eccentric sister (Yolande Moreau, AMÉLIE) and the school's formidable ex-Resistance nun (Noémie Lvovsky, JACKY IN THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN). After a tragic accident leaves the school without its patriarch, Paulette is forced to take charge, discovering that the institution is verging on financial ruin. She is also flustered by an encounter with her first love (Édouard Baer, MOLIÈRE), who yearns to rekindle their romance. Meanwhile, the protest movement sweeping the nation is beginning to infiltrate the school's carefully maintained bubble, encouraging the pupils to challenge everything they've been told. And all this just as the school prepares to compete in a televised housekeeping competition. Sacré bleu! Striking a satirical yet tender tone that channels everything from THE SOUND OF MUSIC to BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER, this enchanting and escapist tale of female solidarity is just what the doctor ordered.

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