2005 · drama · romance
Three Times
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien2h 10m2005
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.
Our read: Three Times (2005) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- signature
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