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Mama Weed ()

La daronne (original title)
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A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.

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Cast

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Patience Portefeux
Yann Sundberg ...
Fredo
Michaël Louchart ...
Commandant BRI
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Mika
Mounir Kateb ...
Trafiquant
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Philippe
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Mère de Patience
Farida Ouchani ...
Kadidja
Dominique Jayr ...
Madame Léger
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Hortense
Emilie Lacroix ...
Patience petite
Léonore Confino ...
Directrice EHPAD
Jeanne Deprez ...
Fatou
Marlene Philibert ...
Infirmière EHPAD
Jade Nadja Nguyen ...
Madame Fo
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Gabrielle
Ben Richardot ...
Agent Brigade canine (as Benjamin Richardot)
Yasin Houicha ...
Afid
Salah Maouassa ...
Reda
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Frère Cherkaoui 2
Youssef Sahraoui ...
Frère Cherkaoui 1
Espérance Mountou ...
Flic parapheur (as Espérence Mountou)
Anatole Yun ...
Caissier chinois
Mourad Boudaoud ...
Chocapic
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Scotch
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Patron Kebab
Edouard Malrieu ...
Paul
Henry Malrieu ...
Paul
Tariq Bettahar ...
Chauffeur taxi maghrébin
Raf Bessaoud ...
Biscotte (as Rafik Bessaoud)
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Chauffeur taxi Barbès
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Agent PC sécurité
Jeff Dias ...
Agent vélo
Muriel Rasolofo ...
Femme malgache
Billie Bracchi ...
Aide-soignante
Abbes Zahmani ...
Mohamed
Fantômas ...
Le chien de Patience, ADN
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Un narco-trafiquant (uncredited)
Sanaa El Morsali ...
(uncredited)
Carl Ernouf ...
Opj (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jean-Paul Salomé

Written by

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Hannelore Cayre ... (novel)
 
Hannelore Cayre ... (scenario) &
Jean-Paul Salomé ... (scenario)
 
Antoine Salomé ... (with the collaboration of)

Produced by

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Jean-Baptiste Dupont ... producer
Kristina Larsen ... producer
Geneviève Lemal ... co-producer

Music by

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Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by

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Julien Hirsch

Editing by

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Valérie Deseine

Editorial Department

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Marina Amaro ... dailies: M141
Frédéric Barbe ... assistant editor
Niels Barroin ... conformation: M141
Pierre Beautrait ... conformation: M141
Justine Bernal ... lab supervisor: M141
Thibault Carterot ... ceo: M141
Chloé Cassin ... conformation: M141
Matthias Compagnon ... dailies: M141
Richard Deusy ... colorist
Patrice Goessant ... chief technical officer: M141
Camille Happert ... deliveries: M141
Audrey Kleinclaus ... digital intermediate producer
Mustapha Laatita ... workflow supervisor: M141
Yannis Loussikoulou ... editing management: M141
Cecile Portal ... deliveries: M141
My Lan Nguyen Quang ... visual effects: M141
Lucas Roy ... editing management: M141

Casting By

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Juliette Denis

Production Design by

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Françoise Dupertuis

Set Decoration by

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Judith Lacour ... (property master) (props buyer)

Costume Design by

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Marité Coutard

Makeup Department

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Claude Belot ... hair stylist
Joëlle Dominique ... key hair stylist
Catherine Ichou ... additional make up artist
Jacques-Olivier Molon ... special makeup effects artist
Thi-Loan Nguyen ... key makeup artist
Emmanuel Pitois ... key special effects makeup artist/prosthetics sculptor
Alice Robert ... key makeup artist
Amélie Salomon ... additional make up artist (as Amelie Salomon)
Marie-France Thibault ... additional hair stylist

Production Management

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Yassine Benaalla ... unit manager
Barbara Boeykens ... assistant unit manager
Jeremy Cahagnet ... assistant production manager
Aude Cathelin ... post-production manager
Justine Chabroullet des Tuves ... assistant production manager
Mathieu Deguilhem ... unit manager
Charlotte Duliere ... production manager: Scope Pictures
Philippe Hagège ... production manager
Eric Lenclud ... unit production manager
Antonine Gosselet Meuret ... post-production manager (as Antonine Meuret-Gosselet)
Amandine-Laure Millot ... assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Hélène Fabre ... second assistant director
Lou Girardot ... third assistant director
Gaëtan Kiaku ... Renfort mise en scène
Mathieu Thouvenot ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Nicolas Brisset ... graphic designer
Antoine Chazaud ... construction coordinator
Pascal Chevé ... plaster department head
Fergus Constantine ... ripper
Paul De Laroche ... assistant art director
Mathieu Jurgenson ... digital artist
Christophe Pommie ... upholsterer
Anna Talec ... assistant art director

Sound Department

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Valerio Brini ... re-recording mixer
Eric Chevallier ... re-recording mixer
Cathy Coopman ... sales manager: Creative Sound
Marilou Cuffini-Fabre ... sound assistant
Xavier Dujardin ... foley editor
François Dumont ... supervising sound editor
Adrien Fauck ... assistant adr engineer
Thomas Gauder ... re-recording mixer
Simon Jamart ... foley mixer
Grégory Lacroix ... boom operator
Lucas Le Néouanic ... auditorium assistant
Frédérique Liebaut ... adr supervisor (as Frédérique Liébaut)
Abdouh Oussama ... boom operator
Pierre Picq ... boom operator
Pepe Pleguezuelos ... re-recording mixer
Laurent Poirier ... sound recordist
Olivier Thys ... foley artist
Javier Valdés ... director: castilian/spanish

Visual Effects by

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François Crèvecoeur ... digital compositor
Michel Denis ... visual effects producer
Michael Desnoyelles ... digital compositor
Eric Dupont ... lead digital compositor
Cendrine Gady ... visual effects coordinator
Javier Garcia del rio Beneyto ... digital compositor
Guillaume Grimberghs ... compositor : Benuts
Tristan Lilien ... visual effects supervisor
Colin Ramon ... digital compositor
Laurent Ravicini ... digital compositor
Thomas Vanthuyne ... visual effects coordinator

Stunts

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Francis Bataille ... stunt pilot
Julien Briche ... stunt pilot (as Julien Briché)
Albert Goldberg ... stunt coordinator
Vincent Haquin ... stunt performer
Alexandre Lopoka ... stunt performer
Teddy Pividal ... stunts
Alexandre Rambure ... stunt pilot
Pascal Roblin ... stunt pilot
Patrick Ronchin ... car stunt coordinator
Romain Ronchin ... stunt pilot
Sébastien Seveau ... stunt pilot
Jack-Alexandre Soufflard ... stunt pilot
Alain Villain ... stunt pilot

Camera and Electrical Department

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Olivier Abelé ... electrician
Ayoub Amaarak ... electrician
Damien Bret ... electrician
Edwin Broyer ... key grip
Christophe Duroyaume ... gaffer
Kevin Fermaud ... additional electrician
Guy Ferrandis ... still photographer
Gaël Parat ... additional electrician
Philippe Piron ... camera equipment
Romain Rampillon ... assistant camera
Fabien Veillas ... grip

Casting Department

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Amélie Duval ... casting / extras casting
Oriane Martin ... casting assistant
Marlene Philibert ... extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Adrien Durupt ... additional wardrobe
Emmanuelle Pastre ... assistant costume designer
Anne Rodrigues ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Benze Abraham ... musician: violin
Jean-Pierre Arquié ... score producer
Bram Bossier ... musician: viola
Claire Bourdet ... musician: first violin / orchestra manager
Dirk Brossé ... conductor
Philippe Chayeb ... musician: bass
Karel Coninx ... musician: viola
Anne Coulais ... executive music producer
Bruno Coulais ... keyboard programming / musician: keyboards / orchestrator
Guy Danel ... musician: cello
Aymeric de Villoutrey ... musician: violin (as Aymeric de Villoutreys)
Joris Decolvenaer ... musician: violin
Pieter Decolvenaer ... musician: violin
Isabelle Decraene ... musician: violin
Thibault Dupont ... protools operator
Raphaël Feye ... musician: cello
Victor Guaita ... musician: viola (as Victor Gueita)
Veerle Houbraken ... musician: violin
Olivier Huillet ... assistant protools engineer
Aline Janeczek ... musician: violin
Gergely Kolta ... musician: violin
Jules Lechien ... assistant protools engineer
Maxime Lefevre ... music mixer (as Maxime Lefèvre) / music recording engineer (as Maxime Lefèvre)
Anne-Gabrielle Lia-Aragnouet ... musician: cello
Samuel Makar ... assistant music mixer / assistant music recording engineer
Nicolas Marciano ... musician: violin
Arthur Pezennec ... assistant protools engineer
Slim Pezin ... musician: guitars, mandola
Nina Poskin ... musician: viola
Eva Pusker ... musician: violin
Claude Salmieri ... musician: drums, percussion
Natacha Save ... musician: bass
Maxime Stacyk ... musician: violin

Script and Continuity Department

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Christine Richard ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Hajar Madad ... production coordinator
Stéphanie Valet ... production accountant

Thanks

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Alain Attal ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Agnès B. ... thanks
Colombe Babinet ... thanks (as Madame Colombe Babinet)
Sylvie Barnaud ... thanks (as Mme Sylvie Barnaud)
Bénédicte Bellocq ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Marie Besançon ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Aurélia Blanchet ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Anne Boissard ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Jacques Cardon ... Scope Pictures thanks
Sabine Chemaly ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Brahim Chioua ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Danièle D'Antoni ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Stijn De Block ... Scope Pictures thanks
François Demas ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Didier Diaz ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Boris Duchesnay ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Alain Dupont ... Jean-Baptiste Dupont thanks
Didier Duverger ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
François Fauviau ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks
Jacqueline Ferreira ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Vincent Girerd ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Michel Gomez ... thanks (as Monsieur Michel Gomez)
Philippe Hagège ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Laurent Hassid ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Nicolas Honorez ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Mathias Indjic ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Marc Irmer ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks
Marine Jouven ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Anne-Laure Labadie ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Jean Labadie ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Redja Lamothe ... thanks (as Madame Redja Lamotte)
Geneviève Lemal ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Olivier Leperre ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Philippe Lhomme ... Scope Pictures thanks
Anne Mathieu ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks
Richard Michel ... thanks: Les Amandiers
Pierre Mignard ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Catherine Miran ... thanks
Sandra Mirimanoff ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Valérie Mussault ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Margaret Ménégoz ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks
Alexander Oberink ... Scope Pictures thanks
Lucien Pages ... thanks
Emmanuel Papillon ... thanks (as Monsieur Emmanuel Papillon)
Isabelle de La Patellière ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks (as Isabelle de La Patelière)
Nadine Picquet ... thanks (as Madame Nadine Picquet)
Valérie Pécresse ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Lili Rodriguez ... Scope Pictures thanks
Sergio Rossi ... thanks
Michel Saint-Jean ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks
Cécile Salin ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks
Juliette Schrameck ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Vanessa Seward ... thanks
Elisabeth Tanner ... Jean-Paul Salomé thanks
Isabelle Terrel ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank
Nathalie Toulza Madar ... Les Films du Lendemain and La Boétie Films thank (as Nathalie Toulza-Madar)
Eric Vandenkerckhoven ... Scope Pictures thanks
Roger Vivier ... thanks
Diane von Fürstenberg ... thanks (as Diane Von Furstenberg)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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.

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Taglines ISABELLE HUPPERT is 50% Cop 50% Dealer 100% Pure See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mama Weed (World-wide, English title)
  • Mama Weed (Canada, English title)
  • Mama Weed (United States)
  • The Godmother (New Zealand, English title)
  • La Daronne (Switzerland, English title)
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Runtime
  • 104 min
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Box Office

Budget EUR5,800,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Was initially set for theatrical release in France on 25 March 2020 but was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, first to 15 July, then again to 9 September. See more »
Movie Connections References Lucky Luke (1983). See more »
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