Three Times

Taiwan, 139 minutes
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Screenwriter: Hou Hsiao-Hsien & Tien-wen Chu
Cast: Chang Chen, Shu Qi
Drama, in Mandarin & Taiwanese, with English subtitles

Synopsis: From one of the world’s masters of cinema, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Three Times is a glorious triptych of love stories set in 1911, 1966 and 2005. Playing the lovers in all three tales, Shu Qi and Chang Chen seem perfectly pained as their characters cope with the social limitations particular to each time. Most extraordinary is the middle story, a largely silent piece set in the same era as Hou's Flowers of Shanghai and starring Shu as a concubine in love with a freedom fighter (Chang) who, like all the men throughout the film, is unable to see the strictures that imprison her.

Showtimes: Monday, May 1, 7:15 PM - Wednesday, May 3, 2:30 PM