109 mins |
Rated
M (Nudity & sex scenes)
Directed by Martin Provost
Starring Yolande Moreau, Edouard Baer, Noémie Lvovsky, François Berléand, Juliette Binoche
Striking a near-magical tone that’s both satirical and tender, the eagerly anticipated new comedy by Martin Provost (Séraphine, The Midwife) is set in 1968 at the Van der Beck’s School of Housekeeping and Good Manners. Run by the immaculate Paulette (Juliette Binoche) and her husband, with the help of her eccentric stepsister Gilberte (Yolande Moreau) and nun Marie-Therese (Noémie Lvovsky), it’s a school that has been turning teenagers into perfect, subservient housewives for over two decades. But change is in the air, and a sweeping nationwide protest movement is transforming the society around them, encouraging the school’s pupils to challenge authority and question their own desires and beliefs…
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Striking a near-magical tone that’s both satirical and tender, the eagerly anticipated new comedy by Martin Provost (Séraphine, The Midwife) is set in 1968 at the Van der Beck’s School of Housekeeping and Good Manners. Run by the immaculate Paulette (Juliette Binoche) and her husband, with the help of her eccentric stepsister Gilberte (Yolande Moreau) and nun Marie-Therese (Noémie Lvovsky), it’s a school that has been turning teenagers into perfect, subservient housewives for over two decades. But change is in the air, and a sweeping nationwide protest movement is transforming the society around them, encouraging the school’s pupils to challenge authority and question their own desires and beliefs…