The Thin Line
Logline
How do you remember? How do you live the rest of your life? One morning in the 1990s in Kosovo, the Albanian population of Gjakova find their front doors marked with a white cross. Fearful for their lives, the Albanians in one neighbourhood hide their women and children inside a basement. In a few days, however, Serbian forces wearing wolf masks arrive accompanied by tanks, demolishing houses and killing people. The occupants of the basement are found and shot down in cold blood. Ten-year-old Ermal, shielded by his dead mother, remains alive. So does his father Adem. But his three sisters are also dead. Days later all traces of the killings are erased. Eight years later, as a young man living with his father in Mississauga, Ontario, Ermal is still haunted by those events. And he dreams of revenge.
Genre
Action, Drama, Crime,
Short Summary
Perparim Kapllani’s novel “The Thin Line” has the readers walking on a thin line of emotions. The drama unfolds when Ermal Bllaca’s family flees and hides in a basement to escape from the Serbian Police and Yugoslav Army who are taking revenge by killing Albanians for the NATO bombing of former Yug
Setting
Kosovo, Albania, Canada, Toronto
Based on a True Story
Yes
Plot - Premise
Voyage and Return
Plot - Other Elements
Meaningful Message
Mature Audience Themes
Extreme Violence, Substance Abuse
Main Character Details
Name: Ermal Bllaca
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Aspiring
Additional Character Details
Name: Adem Bllaca
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Role: Mentor
Key Traits: Aspiring
Additional Character Details
Name: Dragan Spasic
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Role: Antagonist
Key Traits: Aggressive
Additional Character Details
Name: Fatima
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Role: Logical
Key Traits: Aspiring