New York City
In Shem Bitterman’s Sensitive Skin, what starts as a challenge between brothers ends in a game of sex and betrayal and threatens to destroy everyone involved. When a struggling photographer named Eden meets a talented carpenter named Todd, complications arise. Julia, an art student turned stripper, gets jealous while Nick, Todd’s brother and competition, a brilliant doctor, decides to get even, with catastrophic results. This modern day love story is a powerful, contemporary piece that has audience appeal and will speak to an urban, youthful generation.