Israel is the country where S. has spent countless childhood summers. It is also the country of the people whom S. encounters, now that she has moved here. She meets them as she hitchhikes and roams through the streets that lie shimmering in the hot sun. There is Yitzhak, the rabbi’s son, with whom she celebrates an impromptu Shabbat. Debbie, who takes her along when she breaks into abandoned old villas. And Lior, the café owner, who never lets S. pay, and who dreams of a road trip with his daughter in a sky blue VW camper van. As S. learns more about the Jewish life of the people she meets, her own story begins to reveal itself, piece by piece – that of her father, her grandfather, and of her own identity.

"Das Land, das ich dir zeigen will" is an extraordinary journey into Israel now and then: a country as diverse as its inhabitants, full of life, yet where pain is ever present.