In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun…

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.