Rie is a PR-coordinator visiting a tunnel-boring machine in order to demonstrate European cooperation in Metro construction when an accident suddenly occurs. Unable to escape, she takes refuge in an airlock with Croatian miner Ivo, and Bharan, a worker from Eritrea. They put their lives and bodies in each other’s hands to survive the heat, pressure and mud in the claustrophobic cutterhead, exposing their radically different worldviews and forcing them to reconsider their lives-before finally being rescued. Cutterhead is a psychological thriller that unfolds in a confined space that focuses on the tensions among three characters. Superb performances from three actors — especially non-professional Samson Semere — are what make Cutterhead an outstanding thriller. This low-budget independent film is also director Rasmus Kloster Bro’s feature debut.