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Three Times (2005)
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Three Times (2005)
Original name: 最好的時光
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Taiwan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: There are three stories of women and men: in "A Time for Love" set in 1966, a soldier searches for a young woman he met one afternoon playing pool; "A Time for Freedom," set in a bordello in 1911, revolves around a singer's longing to escape her surroundings; in "A Time for Youth" set in 2005 Taipei, a triangle in which a singer has an affair with a photographer while her partner suffers is dramatized. In the first two stories, letters are crucial to the outcome; in the third, it's cell-phone calls, text messages, and a computer file. Over the years between the tales, as sexual intimacy becomes more likely and words more free, communication recedes.
Style: anthology, sentimental, atmospheric, thought provoking, touching, realistic, contemplative, sexy, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot: longing, tragic love, love affair, social differences, fall in love, couples, wartime life, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, time, minimalism, love, women, motorcycle, multiple storylines, asian, soldier, brothel, slut, epileptic, illegal prostitution, love and romance, gays and lesbians, society, bittersweet ...
Time: 60s, 1910s, 2000s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1966, 1960s
Place: taiwan, tokyo, shanghai, taipei, shanghai china
Keyword: chinese, taiwanese

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The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 217 min.
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Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, France, Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
Style: thought provoking, serious, sentimental, realistic, stylized ...
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Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
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Style: aesthetic, teen, slow cinema, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: touching, heartbreaking, romantic, emotional, captivating ...
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Style: social, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
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Chinese Box (1997)
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Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: atmospheric, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Duration: 106 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: art house, emotional, visual, independent film, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay asian, loneliness, love, tango, lgbtq, heartache, lgbtqi, lgbt, melancholy, glbt, sexuality ...
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Style: art house, atmospheric, melancholic, visually stunning, artsy ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style: atmospheric, disturbing, art house, stylized, non-linear ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 7.1
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 8.1
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Audience: date night
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Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.7
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The House of Mirth (2000)
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