Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple, but their relationship is on the rocks. To salvage it, they travel to a remote island and take part in a ritual in which they exchange their body for that of another person. When Leyla refuses to return to her old self, the situation escalates.

After winning a Student Academy Award® for his short film, Alex Schaad makes the leap into feature filmmaking with his ambitious Skin Deep. This rich and thoughtful experiment around identities probes what it really means to see the world from another person’s perspective.