Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)2005
Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang) (2005)
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Cast
as May/Ah Mei/Jing
as Chen/Mr. Chang/Zhen
as Old Woman
as Haruko/Ah Mei
as Billiard Girl
as Hostess/Micky
as Son of Ma'am
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Billiard Friends
as Mr. Chang
as Young Mr. Su
as Courtesans
as Courtesans
as Courtesans
as Courtesans
as Martin
as Poet
as Poet
as Poet
as Chinese Doctor
as Housekeeper
as Mr. Sui
as Lawyer
as Litter Girl
as Broker
as Servant
as Mr. Chang's Housekeeper
as Music Teacher
as Aunt
as Jing's Mother, Madam/Jing's Mother
as Blue
as Uncle
as Aunt
as Cousin-In-Law
as Cousin-in-law
as Aunt
as Lomo King
as K-B-N
as K-B-N
as Mickey's Roommates
as Mickey's Roommaters
as Friends
as Friends
Critic Reviews for Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)
All Critics (52) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (7) | DVD (2)
A ravishing triptych spanning a century of Taiwanese history, in which love remains eternally elusive.
An emotional journey, a showcase for two fine actors, and a multifaceted picture of love.
A film to get lost in, a fragmentary, impressionistic trilogy of fleeting moments of love that is one of the best films of the year.
Seen in isolation, the first episode has the most satisfying plot and the last the least. But the film's achievement lies mostly in the beautifully articulated similarities and differences among the three.
Three varieties of love: unfulfilled, mercenary, meaningless. All photographed with such visual beauty that watching the movie is like holding your breath so the butterfly won't stir.
Great cinema, pop romance that carries a special charge.
Audience Reviews for Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)
It is always interesting to see Hou put together in the same film three stories that feel like a culmination of the main themes found in his work along so many years, even though the third leaves a lot to be desired and I find too distracting the fact that the second one is silent.
Super Reviewer
Love across the ages...been done to death right? Perhaps, but it often isn't done right to death. We have had epics from mainland China and the great action genre of Hong Kong so it is good to see a Taiwanese film adding to Chineses collection. Quite touching.
Super Reviewer
[font=Century Gothic]"Three Times" contains three stylish vignettes set in Taiwan in 1966(Time for Love), 1911(Time for Freedom) and 2005(Time for Youth), each starring Qi Shu and Chen Chang playing characters in differing states of infatuation. Each story was made in an attempt to emulate each era's movies, not so much the reality of that time.(Any time period never looks at itself completely honestly, censoring out any forbidden subjects, thus giving truth to the lie that nobody had hot sex before 1969.) Although 1966 owes a lot to Wong Kar Wai, 1911 is done as a silent film complete with intertitles and musical accompaniment, albeit in color. With the earlier times, there is a sense of so close and so far for the couple in question but in 2005 with total freedom, the couple is together but not happy, suggesting that with increased liberty, we are not necessarily any happier than in stricter times. But you know what? I'll take my chances with the present day... [/font]
Super Reviewer
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