The Ballad of a True Thug

The Ballad of a True Thug follows an unnamed 28-year-old French thief on a relentless quest for vengeance across 1990s Europe. Orphaned young and raised by a struggling single mother in Paris, the protagonist witnessed her slow destruction at the hands of debt collectors and indifferent employers. Her death left him with nothing but rage and a singular purpose: revenge against those who destroyed her life. Now based in Amsterdam, he embarks on a series of increasingly audacious heists across Europe — from London auction houses to Roman mansions, from Canadian vineyards to Parisian museums, and eventually to Las Vegas casinos and Dutch banks. Each robbery is both a step toward his ultimate…