Diao Yinan directs Fan Liao, Gwei Lun-Mei and Xuebing Wang in this Chinese neo-noir where a disgraced detective begins working an old case when he remembers suspects the new investigators may have overlooked.

Wanted to catch this earlier effort after the eerie but effective The Wild Goose Lake. This has one or two fantastic deadpan set pieces; a skating rink stalk, a salon bust that goes sideways. But the mystery is pretty straightforward even if the storytelling attempts to obfuscate it. Ends on a stretched out, arty note that will have art housey poseurs scratching their beards. Fan Liao and Gwei Lun-Mei put in gentle but complex turns.

7

Perfect Double Bill: The Wild Goose Lake (2019)

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