Klass (2007)

Director:

Ilmar Raag

Writer:

Ilmar Raag (writer)

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (Estonia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.

Plot Keywords:

Youth Violence | Murder | School Violence | High School | Former Best Friends

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Vallo Kirs	...	Kaspar
Pärt Uusberg	...	Joosep
Lauri Pedaja	...	Anders
Paula Solvak	...	Thea
Mikk Mägi	...	Paul
Riina Ries	...	Riina
Joonas Paas	...	Toomas
Kadi Metsla	...	Kati
Triin Tenso	...	Kerli
Virgo Ernits	...	Tiit
Karl Sakrits	...	Olav
Liina Joonas
Saara Kadak
Kaspar Kannelmäe
Brita Kikas

Also Known As:

The Class (International: English title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Estonia

Language:

Estonian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Sweden:15

Company:

Amrion

Trivia:

A sequel serial has been announced. The pilot episode is due to air in 2008.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Kaspar is released from the shed and his mobile phone rings, you can here a polyphonic ring tone, but the phone he is using is obviously Nokia 5110 or something of this kind of (you can see the antenna) which does not support polyphonic ring tones.

Quotes:

Kaspar: I shot one of the girls from eight grade.
Joosep: I told you not to shoot from a distance.

It's about pride!

I think it was one of the most appealing plot I have ever seen. It's in my native language so, it is pretty easy to understand and pretty hard to watch. It is a difficult movie about Kaspar and Joosep who are being teased and harassed at school. I was harassed a little too during my school years and i feel total sympathy for the two main characters.

I really loved the camera work, I have always loved Estonian camera work and the editing. Raw, tragic and lifelike. Ilmar Raag has done a great job by showing what is going on in schools nowadays. It's not only in Estonia, USA, or England for that matter, it's going on all around the world - school violence.

I don't want to spoil the ending, but it was pretty predictable and the plot is easy to catch, nevertheless it is a movie that is not easy on you. If you have been a situation familiar to this, not so radical even, you know what Kaspar and Joosep felt.

And as Kaspar said, It's about pride.

9,3/10 :)