Mama Weed (2020)
Coming Out at September 9, 2020 in theaters
“La daronne”
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Mama Weed is crime drama film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, and written by Jean-Paul Salomé, Hannelore Cayre and Antoine Salomé. The film stars Isabelle Huppert, Hippolyte Girardot, Farida Ouchani, Liliane Rovère, Iris Bry, Nadja Nguyen and Rebecca Marder. The film primiered at January 16, 2020 on L’Alpe d’Huez Film Festival.
A French-Arabic translator for the Paris police anti-narcotics unit, Patience Portefeux (Isabelle Huppert) interprets the daily calls and conversations between the city’s biggest drug dealers. In the evenings, she looks in on her aging mother at the long-term care facility where she is months behind in paying the bills. When she overhears the son of one of her mother’s nurses on the wiretap at work, Patience is moved to protect him. But her involvement in his business quickly escalates and she finds herself in possession of a huge store of hash and the insider knowledge required to move it. With her newly adopted retired police dog at her side, Patience transforms into Mama Weed, a savvy saleswoman capitalizing on her field experience to earn the extra income she so desperately needs while doing her best to stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the precinct. [metacritic]
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé
Writers: Jean-Paul Salomé, Hannelore Cayre, Antoine Salomé
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Hippolyte Girardot, Farida Ouchani, Liliane Rovère, Iris Bry, Nadja Nguyen, Rebecca Marder
►Cast
| Isabelle Huppert | ► | Patience Portefeux |
| Hippolyte Girardot | ► | Philippe |
| Farida Ouchani | ► | Kadidja |
| Liliane Rovère | ► | Mme Portefeux |
| Iris Bry | ► | Hortense Portefeux |
| Nadja Nguyen | ► | Colette Fo |
| Rebecca Marder | ► | Gabrielle Portefeux |
| Rachid Guellaz | ► | Scotch |
| Mourad Boudaoud | ► | Chocapic |
| Youssef Sahraoui | ► | Frère Cherkaoui 1 |
| Kamel Guenfoud | ► | Frère Cherkaoui 2 |
| Abbes Zahmani | ► | Mohamed |
| Yann Sundberg | ► | Fredo |
| Michaël Louchart | ► | Commandant BRI |
| Raphaël Quenard | ► | Mika |
| Mounir Kateb | ► | Trafiquant |
| Dominique Jayr | ► | Mme Léger |
| Emilie Lacroix | ► | Patience petite |
| Léonore Confino | ► | Directrice EHPAD |
| Jeanne Deprez | ► | Fatou |
| Marlene Philibert | ► | Infirmière EHPAD |
| Ben Richardot | ► | Agent brigade canine |
| Yasin Houicha | ► | Afid |
| Salah Maouassa | ► | Reda |
| Espérance Mountou | ► | Flic parapheur |
| Anatole Yun | ► | Caissier chinois |
| Adou Khan | ► | Patron kebab |
| Edouard Malrieu | ► | Paul |
| Henry Malrieu | ► | Paul |
| Tariq Bettahar | ► | Chauffeur taxi maghrébin |
| Raf Bessaoud | ► | Biscotte |
| Pierre Rousselet | ► | Agent PC sécurité |
| Jeff Dias | ► | Agent vélo |
| Muriel Rasolofo | ► | Femme malgache |
| Billie Bracchi | ► | Aide-soignante |
| Ali Boulabiar | ► | Un narco-trafiquant |