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Three Times

2005 · 130 min

A slow, tender meditation on love across eras, where glances and silences carry as much weight as words, leaving a wistful ache.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • identity
  • fate
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by
Chu Tien-wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien
Starring
Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Liao Su-jen, Mei Di, Chen Shi-Zheng, Lee Pei-Hsuan, Mei Fang, Lawrence Ko
Music
Lim Giong
Cinematography
Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Runtime
130 min
Country
Taiwan, France
Languages
Mandarin

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