She should have told him about the city of Luz, back then, when he had stolen those few pennies. Instead she threatened him with the Eye of God, that would see everything, right up to the day he died. Whereas in the city of Luz, as it is called in the first book of Moses, the angel of death had no power and no one was struck dead by it.

What do they do with you when you're dead? And what do they think of life after death, the gravediggers he met when he was a server in church? What does life after death look like – to Christians, to Jews, to Muslims, or to atheists? We see how people deal with the dead – in Bad Saulgau, Du?sseldorf or Guben, in Jerusalem, Haifa or Tel Aviv, in Hebron or Qalqilya. Children and adolescents tell wonderful stories about corners of Paradise, which provide a view of Hell, about the homogeneity of the souls, about eternal sleep. A moment of shared reflection is created, including discussions with older people about belief, proof and truth.

Still afraid of the Eye of God? And he thinks: You probably don't even realize you've lived until you're already dying. Something else is worrying you now. That time's getting too short. That you'll no longer manage to achieve something unique, something perfect; something that, ultimately, will make it all have been worthwhile. And what does perfect mean anyway? There's only one way to perfection: by being generous to one another, truthful, patient and peaceable. By not being fanatical, or unjust or bitter. By not puffing yourself up, by leaving out the posing. By showing endurance, hope, and enjoying one another's company. Which one of you said that?