A fascinating exercise in utilising style to make subtle psychological and political statements.
EMPIRE MAGAZINE

Hypnotically beautiful…[The director] brings us love and loss in three different time periods
THE NEW YORK TIMES

The highest of cinematic art… Don’t miss
THE GUARDIAN

This is Hou’s most eloquent expression…it’s also his most directly accessible.
TIME OUT

Setting a love story in three different eras with the same leads seems gimmicky at first glance, but the concept is a form fit for Hou. The greatest chronicler of our mortality, Hou makes movies that are attuned to the implacability of the past and the impermanence of the present.
INDIEWIRE