One of the owners, Clotilde Julien, a Frenchwoman who turned to olive oil after years as an antiques dealer, served us tastes behind an Art Deco bar.
Ms. Donovan, a former Long Islander who left home at 9 and eventually became a drug dealer, served two prison terms.
As a convicted drug dealer serving a prison sentence in his native Massachusetts, he embraced Pentecostal Christianity nearly 20 years ago precisely for its focus on morality and personal salvation.
The film traces their paths from childhood, when the boys meet while Miguel's father studies the samba, through adulthood, when Miguel is a guerrilla activist sent to a brutal prison by the dictatorship, and Jorge is a drug dealer serving time there (Mr. Ciocler, far left, with Mr. Bauráqui).
One of his runners is called Man-Man, a convicted drug dealer serving 16 years and a diehard Panthers fan.
To survive in a market in which most products are just a click away, the dealers serve micro-niches, catering to ever fewer but more discriminating customers.
Yet today, the dark web is teeming with dozens of new markets and thousands of new dealers serving a growing consumer base.
We'd queue patiently under the arches that surrounded the dancefloor in line for dealers serving up cocaine under one, ketamine under the next, pills in arch three.
We'd queue patiently under the arches that surrounded the dance floor in line for dealers serving up cocaine under one, ketamine under the next, pills in arch three.
The flashbacks come via a great recurring gag: Michael Shannon as a pot dealer who serves as the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
