Three Times
(2005)
★ 7 IMDb · 108 votes
Year: 2005
Runtime: 130 мин
Country: Taiwan, France
Director: 侯孝賢
Cast: Шу Ци, Чан Чэнь, 廖淑珍, Mei Di, 陈士争, Lee Pei-Hsuan, 梅芳, 柯宇綸, 王誌成
Plot
In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
(1) "A Time for Love": In 1966, in Kaohsiung, Chen meets May playing pool in a bar when he is joining the army. He sends letters to her and he comes to the bar to meet her again in his leave. However, May had traveled to another place and Chen seeks her out. (2) "A Time for Freedom": In 1911, in Dadaochend, the writer Mr. Chang works for Mr. Liang and frequently travels to a brothel, where he meets the singer. He financially helps the courtesan Ah Mei to become a concubine. When the singer asks him if he would help her to leave the brothel, there is no answer. (3) "A Time for Youth": In 2005, in Taipei, the messy relationship of the photographer Zhen, his girlfriend Jing and a bisexual singer.