Berlin. An ambitious business woman, Hanna decides to add to a humanitarian mission with the mentally handicapped in Israel to her CV. But her mother, who works for such an organization, won’t give her a false letter of recommendation. So Hanna actually has to go to the Promised Land. There she meets Itay and a Holocaust survivor, who both drastically change her vision of life.

Sun-soaked, light, even naïve, this film by Julia von Heinz comes across as a fairy tale, with all the simplicity that implies. A broad plot line, very basic dramatic composition, and a good political conscience are behind the façade of this feel-good movie with a love story and no surprises, a family reconciliation and a return to positive values. The issue of culpability handed down over the generations is exceptionally superficial; it’s better to concentrate on Hanna’s trip and let oneself be won over by the charm of the excellent Karoline Schuch and the very good Doron Amit. Taken this way, Hanna’s Journey is not so bad after all.