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Three Times" consists of 3 stories. The first one is about the love story between a soldier and a snooker table attendant which happened in mid sixties, where the soldier traveled many places to look for the girl after she moved to another city. The second story is the romance between a maid and her master, where they worked together to foster the marriage of another maid who got pregnant, but at the same time they were indecisive about their own fate. The third one is about the triangular relationship among a heterosexual guy, a heterosexual girl, and a bisexual girl.
In each of the stories, Chen Zhang is the male protagonist while Qi Shu is the female protagonist. The first story was entertaining and touching. The persistence of the soldier was admirable. The second story was the least impressive one. You cannot hear the dialogs, but you can hear the singing. Dialogs are in titles. As a result, this section is quite boring. The third story is acceptable. It is more artsy than entertaining.
Obviously, it is not quite a film for intense entertainment. People who are more into the art side of films would find it more interesting.
* In "A Time of Love", set in 1966, a young man who is about to enter the military service falls in love with a girl working in a parlor. She disappears when he returns from holiday, so he begins the search... The parlor and the popular song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes all reminds us of the influence of American culture in Taiwan in the late 50s.
* "A Time for Freedom" sidetracks the conflicts and tensions during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. A female courtesan meets a man who is promoting freedom of Taiwan from the Japanese occupation, and she starts to wonder about her own freedom, too. The segment's silent film format is another remembrance of the old cinematic form.
* The third episode "A Time for Youth" is a tale happening in Taipei in 2005, in which a bisexual young woman who suffers from epilepsy falls in love with a photographer in a printing shop. In a disordered contemporary city, what remains in a triangular love relation is only confusion...
La traducción literal del título de la película es "Los mejores tiempos/Los mejores años". Los traductores de títulos al inglés también se las traen, simplificando el título y descubriendo parte del argumento. grr
Porque a mí viendo el trailer ya me dejaba bien claro que se desarrolla en 3 épocas. Ya puestos, Los mejores años desvela más de argumento.
Shu Qi ya ha demostrado suficientemente que es una magnifica actriz, pero ¿hay alguien mas que le parezca que no sale guapa? Y no digais que le tengo mania a HHH que en Millenium salia muy apañá :D
Quería preguntar algo para ver si alguien me ayuda. Bajé la película y después los subtítulos en este site. El problema es que tengo desfasados los subtítulos en relación a la película, o dicho más específicamente, a las voces. Es modificable?
gracias.
juan