Cutterhead
Rasmus Kloster Bro
A young journalist is visiting the Copenhagen Metro construction to portray European cooperation when an accident occurs. She is blocked in a pressure chamber alongside Croatian Ivo and Bharan from Eritrea. Despite radically different world-views, they must put their lives and bodies in each other's hands to survive, while running out of oxygen.
With : Christine Sønderris, Kresimir Mikic, Samson Semere, Adrian Heili, Salvatore Striano, Lilli Fernanda Kondrup, Rasmus Hammerich, Anders Nylander Thomsen
Screenplay : Rasmus Kloster Bro, Mikkel Bak Sørensen
Image : Martin Munch
Sound : Peter Albrechtsen
Editing : Jakob Juul Toldam
Music : Søs Gunver Ryberg
Screenplay : Rasmus Kloster Bro, Mikkel Bak Sørensen
Image : Martin Munch
Sound : Peter Albrechtsen
Editing : Jakob Juul Toldam
Music : Søs Gunver Ryberg
Production : Amalie Lyngbo Hjort
International sales: Danish Film Institute
International sales: Danish Film Institute
Rasmus Kloster Bro was born in 1985. Cutterhead is his début feature. With a background in installation and video art, Rasmus has directed one feature and four short films with support from The Danish Film Institute. He studied directing at Super16 #6 from 2009-2012. He has also co-written and directed a number of radio drama series, VR-works, commercials and music videos for renowned Danish artists.
“The first time I went underground in the Copenhagen metro construction, it felt like going to another planet. It also felt like stepping into a condensed microcosm, in a mix of European cultures, with all the current issues and fears that come a long with them. I knew it was the perfect combination of a location with an inherent physical story, and a unique world with the potential of aiming at a bigger perspective.
We did a series of improvisations with the actress Christine Sønderris, to find her character and the foundation for the story. Then we went on to do experiments with the physical spaces of the film. That led us to a way of filmmaking where the story and cinematic language is born out of the possibilities of the surroundings. I want to make films that speak to the body, as well as the mind. So it's great to be able to trap the audience in the darkness of the cinema, where the physical experience is strongest”. (Rasmus Kloster Bro)
“The first time I went underground in the Copenhagen metro construction, it felt like going to another planet. It also felt like stepping into a condensed microcosm, in a mix of European cultures, with all the current issues and fears that come a long with them. I knew it was the perfect combination of a location with an inherent physical story, and a unique world with the potential of aiming at a bigger perspective.
We did a series of improvisations with the actress Christine Sønderris, to find her character and the foundation for the story. Then we went on to do experiments with the physical spaces of the film. That led us to a way of filmmaking where the story and cinematic language is born out of the possibilities of the surroundings. I want to make films that speak to the body, as well as the mind. So it's great to be able to trap the audience in the darkness of the cinema, where the physical experience is strongest”. (Rasmus Kloster Bro)