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Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)

Rated NR · 135 minutes · 2006


The film features three different stories of love and memory through three time periods, 1966, 1911 and 2005. The first, "A Time for Love," hinges on the meeting of soldier boy Chen with pool hall hostess May and his subsequent search for her. The second episode, "A Time for Freedom," deals with a courtesan tending to a Mr. Chang during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. And the third episode, "A Time for Youth," centers on epileptic singer Jing who casually takes up with photographer Zhen while increasingly ignoring her female lover.

Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Writer: Hsiao-hsien Hou and T'ien-wen Chu
Producer: Hua-fu Chang, Wen-Ying Huang and Ching-Song Liao
Cast: Chen Chang, Qi Shu, Mei Di, Su-jen Liao and Fang Mei


Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang) is not showing in any theaters in the area.

