The Wild Goose Lake (Chinese: 南方車站的聚會; pinyin: Nánfāng Chēzhàn de Jùhuì; lit.

'Meeting at South Train Station') is a 2019 Chinese neo-noir crime thriller directed by Diao Yinan and starring Hu Ge, Gwei Lun-mei, Liao Fan, and Wan Qian.

[6] It garnered $31 million at the box office and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 edition of Cannes Film Festival.

[7][8] The film opens with Zhou Zenong (Hu Ge) meeting with Liu Aiai (Gwei Lun-Mei) at a train station.

Meanwhile, the police deduce he will hide at Wild Goose Lake; a lawless area of Wuhan, and set a dragnet there for him.

The police hear the gunshots from the rival gang (who kill a passerby in the process) and start actively searching the streets for Zhou.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Smart and stylish, The Wild Goose Lake blends B-movie thrills with bold filmmaking choices and thought-provoking social commentary.

[11] Glenn Kenny of the New York Times praises The Wild Goose Lake, writing that, "This movie doesn’t recycle film noir conventions so much as contrive — with a genuine sense of discovery" and applauds Diao's directing skill, stating "Diao can rev up the octane in chase and action sequences, but the movie almost always stays grounded in the physically plausible.