Chinese auteur seeks inspiration from the dark side
CANNES, France - "As a filmmaker, my view is always from the people who are living at the bottom of society, this is my perspective," Chinese film director Diao Yinan says.
"There is something very universal about a story like this, because the same character, wherever he might be, he will be punished and he might be shot at the end as well," says Diao, whose movie The Wild Goose Lake was presented in the main competition section at the 72nd edition of the Cannes International Film Festival which ended on May 25.
The film tells the story of a gang leader - on the run after a murder - who is seeking redemption, and a girl in trouble who is ready to risk everything to gain her freedom. In a dark and gloomy atmosphere, both are hunted on the hidden shores of the Wild Goose Lake. And they set a deadly gamble for what may be their last day.
