Get the Weed

{{Infobox film

| name = Get the Weed

| image = Get the Weed poster.jpg

| caption = Uruguayan theatrical release poster

| director = Denny Brechner
Alfonso Guerrero
Marcos Hecht

| writer = Denny Brechner
Alfonso Guerrero
Marcos Hecht

| producer = Denny Brechner
Alfonso Guerrero
Marcos Hecht

| starring = Denny Brechner
Talma Friedler
Gustavo Olmos

| cinematography =

| editing = Duane Rios

| music =

| studio = Loro Films
Pardelion Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2017|09|07|Uruguay|2018|02|4|SBIFF|2018|08|30|Argentina}}

| runtime = 75 minutes

| country = Uruguay
United States

| language = English
Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Get the Weed (Spanish: Misión no oficial, {{lit|Unofficial mission}}; also known as Traigan el porro, {{lit|Bring the marijuana}}, in Argentina and Traigan la hierba, {{lit|Bring the weed}}, in Spain) is a 2017 mockumentary film written, directed and produced by Denny Brechner, Alfonso Guerrero and Marcos Hecht.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-14 |title="Misión no oficial" de Alfonso Guerrero, Denny Brechner y Marcos Hecht |url=http://carve850.com.uy/2017/09/14/mision-no-oficial-de-alfonso-guerrero-denny-brechner-y-marcos-hecht/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Carve850 {{!}} Escucha todo el País |language=es}} It stars Brechnner, Talma Friedler and Gustavo Olmos.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-09-07 |title="Traigan el porro": la hilarante película uruguaya al rescate de la marihuana |url=https://elcanciller.com/perfilados/-traigan-el-porro---la-hilarante-pelicula-uruguaya-al-rescate-de-la-marihuana_a61268516284a653fddc4b999 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=El Canciller |language=es}} The film follows three false agents who travel to the United States with the aim of supplying marijuana to Uruguay.{{Cite web |last=AVELLANEDA |first=FM 88 3-UTN |date=2018-08-29 |title="Traigan el porro": Una comedia surrealista |url=http://latecno.com.ar/noticias/traigan-el-porro-una-comedia-surrealista/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=La Tecno FM 88.3 |language=es}}

Synopsis

Three false agents belonging to the Uruguayan Chamber of Legal Marijuana travel to the United States to obtain 50 tons of cannabis with the aim of supplying the country.{{Cite web |title="Traigan el porro": la película sobre la legalización de la marihuana en la que actúa Pepe Mujica |url=https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2018/08/10/traigan-el-porro-la-pelicula-sobre-la-legalizacion-de-la-marihuana-en-la-que-actua-pepe-mujica/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:{{Cite web |date=2023-07-15 |title=Reparto de Misión No Oficial (película 2017). Dirigida por Denny Brechner, Alfonso Guerrero, Marcos Hecht |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/peliculas/mision-no-oficial-475366/actores |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Reparto Completo de Misión No Oficial (Cine.com) |url=https://www.cine.com/pelicula/mision-no-oficial/reparto |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=cine.com |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Rivarola |first=Maximiliano |date=2018-08-10 |title=Traigan el porro: Pepe Mujica actúa en el falso documental sobre la legalización |url=https://indiehoy.com/cine/traigan-porro-pepe-mujica-actua-falso-documental-la-legalizacion/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Indie Hoy |language=es}}

Denny Brechner as Alfredo Rodríguez
Talma Friedler
Gustavo Olmos
José Mujica as Himself
Ignacio Roqueta
Barack Obama as Himself
Sean Penn as Himself
Steven Tyler as Himself

Release

It premiered on September 7, 2017, in Uruguayan theaters.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=La película uruguaya "Misión no oficial" se estrena el 7 de setiembre y cuenta con la participación de José Mujica |url=https://lorofilms.com/post/164710314002/la-pel%C3%ADcula-uruguaya-misi%C3%B3n-no-oficial-se |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Tumblr}} It had its premiere in the United States on February 4, 2018, at the Santa Bárbara International Film Festival,{{Cite web |title=La película uruguaya "Misión no oficial" obtuvo una mención especial en festival estadounidense |url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Tiempo-libre/La-pelicula-uruguaya-Mision-no-oficial-obtuvo-una-mencion-especial-en-festival-estadounidense-uc674854 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Montevideo Portal |language=es}} and then premiered on August 30, 2018, in Argentine theaters.{{Cite web |last= |title=La comedia uruguaya Traigan el porro estrena en Argentina |url=https://cinergiaonline.com/la-comedia-uruguaya-traigan-el-porro-estrena-en-argentina/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=cinergiaonline.com |language=es}}

Accolades

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!Year

!Award / Festival

!Category

!Recipient

!Result

!Ref.

rowspan="2" |2018

|Santa Bárbara International Film Festival

|Jury Special Mention – Feature Film

| rowspan="2" |Get the Weed

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web |title=Falso documental realizado por estudiantes obtuvo mención especial en el Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Universidad ORT Uruguay |url=https://facs.ort.edu.uy/67922/36/falso-documental-realizado-por-estudiantes-obtuvo-mencion-especial-en-el-santa-barbara-international-film-festival.html |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=facs.ort.edu.uy}}

Málaga Film Festival

|Best Film – Audience Award

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web |title=Público de Málaga premia al falso documental sobre marihuana – Universidad ORT Uruguay |url=https://www.ort.edu.uy/69909/32/publico-de-malaga-premia-al-falso-documental-sobre-marihuana.html |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=www.ort.edu.uy}}