The Wild Goose Lake

Director: Yi'nan Diao

2019 / 113min / DCP

Diao’s darkly dazzling, meticulously composed thriller is a miracle of contemporary Chinese noir, a twisty white-knuckler following a Wuhan gang leader on the lam and a girl desperately searching for freedom through a series of double-crosses, cat-and-mouse chases, and near-psychedelic colors. “Flamboyantly stylish. The ogling camera makes passes at erotically charged actors, as they enjoy languorous, nocturnal cigarette breaks amid picturesque dilapidation… Satisfies all of your genre needs and at the same time shatters them.”—The Nation

Part of In Pursuit of Shadows