Completed - FRENCH - Comedy - 106 minutes
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Jean-Paul SALOMÉ Writer(s) : Hannelore CAYRE, Jean-paul SALOMÉ, Antoine SALOMÉ Cast : Isabelle HUPPERT, Hippolyte GIRARDOT, Liliane ROVERE Producer(s) : Kristina LARSEN (LES FILMS DU LENDEMAIN), Jean-baptiste DUPONT (LA BOETIE FILMS), Geneviève LEMAL (SCOPE PICTURES)
Patience Portefeux is a French-Arabic police translator, specialized in phone tappings for the anti-narcotics unit. The job is tough and low-paid, but the commander is charming… One day, whilst listening to wanted drug dealers, she discovers one of them is the son of the fantastic woman who takes care of her mother. She decides to protect him and is brought in the middle of a drug network. When she gets her hands on a huge load of hash, with the help of her new partner, the former police dog DNA, she seizes the opportunity and becomes Mama Weed, drug wholesaler, thanks to her field experience… and all the information she gets in her job!Based on the acclaimed novel “La Daronne” by Hannelore Cayre, included in the 100 notable books of 2019 The New York Times Book Review.
Country(ies) : FRANCE, BELGIUM
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Alpe d'Huez Comedy Festival 2020