The studios seemed helpless to haul themselves out of the slump, then CMPC released In Our Time, an experimental low-budget film in four sections, by a new director.
面對著景氣低迷、片商束手無策的狀況，中影於是「死馬當活馬醫」，放手一搏地實驗小成本、新導演的四段式電影「光陰的故事」。