Die Gute Fabrik’s narrative adventure wastes little time in delivering its boldest gambit, a plot development and design choice that informs almost everything about the deliberately meandering voyage that follows. On Njarfie Roust – a cold, wet and deeply insular island – it introduces its cast, a band of misfits about to be left behind by their charismatic but capricious leader. Maja’s absence is keenly felt by her friends and loved ones who, confused, set out aboard their ramshackle boat to discover the reasons behind her departure. Just as significantly, it’s also expressed through the narrative
