Skin Deep (2022 film)

Skin Deep (German: Aus meiner Haut) is a German psychological science fiction drama film, directed by Alex Schaad and released in 2022. The film stars Jonas Dassler and Mala Emde as Tristan and Leyla, a couple who are trying to work through their relationship difficulties by travelling to an island that offers temporary body swaps with other people to see the world through different eyes.

They are initially paired with Mo (Dimitrij Schaad) and Fabienne (Maryam Zaree), with Leyla happy in a different woman's body, but after Tristan aborts the swap due to his inability to perform as a musician in Mo's body, Leyla is instead offered the opportunity to swap bodies with Roman (Thomas Wodianka), a gay man grieving the recent death of his partner; however, she finds even greater happiness inhabiting Roman's body, thus raising the questions of whether Tristan can still love her in a male form and whether she's even willing to give Roman back his own body when the swap is due to end.

The cast also includes Edgar Selge, Adam Bousdoukos, Selma Poyraz and Louise von Plessen in supporting roles.