The bank manager, André Grunvald, tells them that Robert borrowed too much already; however, he suggests to Paulette that she transfer the school to her name, and get another loan.

Paulette left her home after the war and found a job in Van der Beck's School of Housekeeping and Good Manners, so Grunvald's letters never reached her.

Back in school, one of the young women receives news that she is to marry a man the age of her father.

After the suicide attempt, Paulette lies in bed, despairing that everything the school stands for is wrong as it subjugates women.

They have sex in her room, and then Paulette joins the bus with the young women and the staff, for the trip to Paris.

[4] Jonathan Romney of Screen Daily referred to the film as "a breezy, well-intentioned but ultimately laborious comic vehicle for Juliette Binoche" and step away from the "such serious-minded female portraits as 2008’s César-garlanded artist biopic Séraphine and 2013’s sombre Violette concluding that the film "has its heart and mind in the right place when it comes to the 1960s archeology of patriarchy, French-style.

But tonal unevenness – awkwardly balancing goofy farce, heavy-handed social satire, and earnest emotional directness – makes for a flimsy misfire.