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.
as Paulette Van Der Beck
as Gilberte Van der Beck
as Marie-Therese
as André Grunvald
as Robert Van der Beck
as Annie Fuchs
as Albane Des-deux-Ponts
as Yvette Ziegler
as Corinne Schwartz
as Christiane Rougemont
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Marie-Jo Lorentz
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as Residential school student
as The “bonjour madame” assistant
as Raymonde
as The priest
as Mr. Schmitt
as Birgit, the waitress at Mado
as Mr. Frantz, the waiter at Mado
as The motorist in the traffic jam
as Ménie Grégoire (voice)
as Gaëtan
as The bistro customer
as The makeup artist
