Unemployed academics launch a drug empire, finding dark humor and gritty thrills in their new, illicit careers.
Darkly comic and pulpy, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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