Cannes 2019: Diao Yinan's Slick Gangster Noir 'The Wild Goose Lake'
The latest film made by acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Diao Yinan is a noir feature titled The Wild Goose Lake, or Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hui in Chinese. Both written and directed by Diao Yinan, this crazy cool crime thriller is about top gangster who ends up on the run from cops when a night of stealing motorbikes goes sideways. A quiet woman works with him and helps facilitate his sly getaways, and he starts to feel closer and closer to her while constantly coming under attack - both by rival gangsters and ruthless cops who put a bounty on his capture. The Wild Goose Lake is built upon old school film noir filmmaking but with a modern feel. I pretty much loved watching this film, it totally sucked me in even though I wasn't always sure what was going on. Diao Yinan's The ...
- 5/25/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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