What age is The President's Wife (Bernadette) appropriate for?

8 alone, 7 with a parent; 8 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is The President's Wife (Bernadette) not recommended under 8?

What's in it: our reading; a comedy at the Élysée; the rest. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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The President's Wife (Bernadette): what age is it for? 8 alone, 7 with a parent

8 alone, 7 with a parent.

Movie · 2023 · 1 h 29 · comedy, drama

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The official US rating is NR; we never go below it, and here we go above: 8. Alone from 8; from 7, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.

Official US rating: NR; zinema says 8. In France, zinema would say 8.

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What it's about

When she arrived at the Elysée Palace, Bernadette Chirac expected to finally get the place she deserved, she who had always worked in the shadow of her husband to make him president. Put aside because she was considered too old-fashioned, Bernadette decided to take her revenge by becoming a major media figure.

Why 8

Our readingA political comedy where nothing weighs: eight, seven with an adult.
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A comedy at the ÉlyséeA First Lady mocked by her husband's advisers who takes her revenge on television; arguments, champagne, a few cigarettes. Nothing worrying.
The restTalk of killing politically, of deaths on the campaign trail; a kitchen knife; and Catherine Deneuve as Bernadette Chirac.

What the movie brings

Power seen by the woman beside it, who ends up with more of it than her husband.
A comedy about French politics where children recognise names they have heard.
A woman judged old-fashioned who wins by staying that way.

Watching it together

Before

Nothing to prepare; say who the Chiracs were, that is all.

After

at 8 and up

Bernadette becomes popular by being exactly what she was criticised for: how?

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A zinema reading from September 19, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made