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The important thing in life is to never despair!<div> On Monday, January 4, 1999, Thierry Roudil, then head of an anti-drug unit in Lyon, was charged with aggravated theft. After a five-month investigation, he was dismissed from the national police force, sent to trial in a criminal court, and faced a sentence of up to five years in prison.</div><div><br></div><div> This autobiographical account is a man's confrontation with himself, between his life crises, his missed opportunities, and the resources he will draw upon to continue fighting and regain his honor.</div><div><br></div><div> Thierry revisits his latest investigation, a cocaine trafficking case whose scale will overwhelm him. He recounts his whirlwind life with complete transparency and uncommon sincerity, giving his one-man show an intensity matched only by the power with which it is delivered, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats from the very first minutes of his story until its conclusion.</div><div> A theatrical uppercut.</div><div><br></div><div> <strong>Did you know that?</strong></div><div> The podcast about Thierry's life on Transfert, titled "The woman of those who have none", had over one million listens in August 2024.</div><div> The release of the eponymous book was announced on RTL on October 9, 2025 in Faustine Bollaert's show "Un jour, une vie".</div>