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On his way home from school, an unhappy, lonely eight-year-old boy takes his frustration out on a stake in the woods. One day he suddenly sees another child doing the exact same thing. The two boys become friends: they run through the hills and play war together. But because of his miserable existence this friendship is ill fated.

'Skinache' tells the story of the 49 year old Johan Reijmer. An isolated systems manager who's skin, the only thing that still embraces his body is starting to fall off because of a chronic lack of physical contact. To find a solution he will have to go way out of his comfort zone: from hugging therapy to visiting prostitutes. All the while with the clock ticking. As a systems manager, he knows how to connect everybody using his computer network, but making a personal connection is something he just can't do.

Bram is a father and husband of a loving wife, living in the Bible Belt. One afternoon, he goes into the woods to have sex with another man. Afterwards, Bram notices that he's being watched by the eight year old Tess. Later that night Tess shows up at the front door to pick up her sports bag. Bram proposes to drive her, even though secretly he has ulterior motives.