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Three Times Hou Hsiao Hsien

Three Times Zui hao de shi guang ), released in 2005, is a seminal work by Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien . Structured as a triptych, the film features actors Chang Chen

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The first segment, titled A Time for Love , is set in 1966. We are in a billiard hall in Kaohsiung. Chang Chen plays Chen, a conscript on leave. Shu Qi plays May, a young woman who works at the pool hall. three times hou hsiao hsien

There is a hidden fourth layer to Three Times that few critics discuss. In the final minutes of the 2005 segment, Zhang picks up a guitar and plays a song—the same melody that played on the radio in 1966. Jing, lying next to him, does not recognize it. She scrolls through her phone. Three Times Zui hao de shi guang ),