Mama Weed(2021)

Name: Mama Weed
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: Jul 16, 2021
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Yann Sundberg, Michaël Louchart, Raphaël Quenard

Music Box Films

1h 44m

Release Date: Jul 16, 2021

A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.

Official Website

Release Details

Original Release | Jul 16, 2021 | Limited

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Box Office Results

2025-02-02T04:06:31.681Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$8,891
Total US & Canada:
$29,151
Total International
$5,431,993
Total Worldwide:
$5,461,144

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Director & Top Cast

Jean-Paul Salomé
Director

Isabelle Huppert
Patience Portefeux

Yann Sundberg
Fredo

Michaël Louchart
Commandant BRI

Raphaël Quenard
Mika

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France, Belgium

Language: French,Arabic,Yiddish,Chinese

Summaries

Storyline

Based on the novel by Hannelore Cayre , the story centers around Patience Portefeux ( Isabelle Huppert ), an underpaid, overworked French-Arabic translator in charge of phone surveillance for a narcotics police unit. When she realizes she knows the mother of one of the drug dealers, Patience decides to cover for him and gets herself more and more deeply involved in the world of drug trafficking. Soon, she is using her insider knowledge and police resources to build her own crime network and earns the name Mama Weed. Specialised in the fine art of telephone tapping for the Parisian anti-narcotics unit, Patience Portefeux ( Isabelle Huppert ), a disillusioned, financially hard-pressed French-Arabic police interpreter, is in for a big surprise. When Patience makes an unexpected and equally shocking discovery, a mountain of premium-grade hash disappears right under the nose of Chief Philippe ( Hippolyte Girardot ), and just like that, elegant Paris has a new drug queen. Now, with her extensive insider knowledge and expertise on the subject, Patience will never have to worry about bills. However, what good is money when freedom is at stake? — Nick Riganas Interpreter Patience Portefeux (Isabelle Huppert) lives with constant money worries. The costs of her mother's (Liliane Rovère) home weigh heavily on her and her job at the Paris drug squad is miserably paid. When Patience translates a phone call between Arabic-speaking dealers, she recognizes Afid (Yasin Houicha), the son of her mother's loving carer. Out of solidarity, she warns Khadidja (Farida Ouchani) and ensures that the drug courier makes his delivery of hashish disappear before it is seized by the investigators. Having lost her way, Patience now goes all out. She tracks down the hidden marijuana with the help of retired drug sniffer dog DNA and goes into business with the stolen goods. With a designer hi-jab and tough negotiating skills, the graduate Arabist slips into the role of a Maghrebi drug godmother who really stirs up the Parisian drug milieu. — ARD