Paulette since the death of her husband lived alone on the outskirts of Paris . Pastry shop , which formerly ran , turned into a Japanese restaurant , and she is not able to keep up with starvation retirement. The heroine , played by Bernadette Lafont (former muse François Truffaut ) , but far to the typical , charming old lady . It's full of venom and resentment to immigrants. This is at odds with his own daughter , who married a black police officer and grandson of this compound is its reason to be ashamed of . Nothing is able to comfort her or anyone silence . Only the prospect of losing the apartment changes its attitude to the environment and the film instead of the dark , a social drama , is fast becoming a dynamic comedy , full of politically incorrect gags .
 
Suburb is a place where anything is possible. During the police chase the dealer throws a large packet of hashish , which lands directly in the hands of Paulette . The old lady takes the bull by the horns - decides to take advantage of the possibilities of unexpected earnings. Hardness is negotiating with local gangsters in return for their help in the distribution promises to be their cover. This arrangement allows Paulette spin domestic interest - selling delicious pastries with a dominant taste a hint of hemp. They help her in this shot three colleagues , together forming almost montypytonowski gang of old ladies . So how customers cakes , Paulette relishes his new life in which " and earns money , and meet great people " ...

Jérôme Enrico disaster comedy is a real acting gig . Dench is accompanied by Carmen Maura - star of films by Pedro Almodóvar and the lady of the French comedy - Dominique Lavanant . "Grandma Ganja " seduced the audience and won an award at the French Film Festival in Lisbon and cinema screenings in France have accumulated more than a million viewers.