Class enemy
Razredni Sovraznik
Rok Bicek
Due to a huge difference in the way they perceive life, the relationship between students and their new German language teacher becomes critically tense. When one of the students commits suicide, her classmates accuse the teacher of being responsible for her death. Emotions run so high, the entire school and the parents becomes involved, but everyone has their own reason for seeing the situation in black and white.
With : Igor Samobor, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Tjaša Železnik, Maša Derganc, Robert Prebil
Screenplay : Nejc Gazvoda, Rok Biček, Janez Lapajne
Image : Fabio Stoll
Editing : Janez Lapajne, Rok Biček
Sound : Julij Zornik, Peter Žerovnik
Screenplay : Nejc Gazvoda, Rok Biček, Janez Lapajne
Image : Fabio Stoll
Editing : Janez Lapajne, Rok Biček
Sound : Julij Zornik, Peter Žerovnik
Production : Triglav Film, Aiken Veronika Prosenc, Janez Lapajne
Already as a student, Biček favored a clear esthetic, long shots, specific color schemes and dramatic subjects. Like the filmmakers who inspired him, such as Michael Haneke, Christian Mungiu and Andrey Zvyagintsev, Biček plays with the potential danger lurking in small, everyday details. A gesture, a glance or the wrong word can have the potential to spark a fire. His graduation short DuckHunting (2010) from the Ljubljana Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television was instantly acquired by Arte. Class Enemy is his first feature film. "The story is based on a true event I witnessed in high school, when a third year student committed suicide.The incident sparked a spontaneous rebellion of her classmates against the educational system and professors, which started calming down after about a week.The rebellious students did not have a clear enemy to fight against, since they could not directly blame anyone for the death of their classmate.Lighting candles on the school stairs, reading a manifesto on the school radio and boycotting classes became the means of giving vent to personal frustrations.During a more detailed research of these events I found out a lot about the mutual relationships of the main actors and tense situations going on between them back then.This served as a strong framework for the story and as the basis for most of the scenes in the film." RokBiček