三段愛情橫跨近百年,從日治時期的藝旦與革命青年,到戰後撞球間少女與即將入伍的少年,再到現代台北,一場三人間無解的愛與依戀。時代更迭、夢境交錯,情感的渴望與失落卻始終如一。每段邂逅都短暫如煙,卻在彼此心中留下無可磨滅的印記。當自由與責任、青春與命運彼此拉扯,誰能真正擁有愛?在記憶、等待與告別之間,三段時代戀曲緩緩交織,彷彿在訴說同一首關於夢與遺憾的詩篇。
由侯孝賢攜手舒淇、張震,橫跨一整個世紀,將一段不悔的愛情,在臺灣三個最具代表性的時代,分別呈現出三種截然不同的愛情觀。三段故事〈戀愛夢〉、〈自由夢〉、〈青春夢〉,從百年前繁華的大稻埕,結束在當今的台北。
Three love stories unfold across a century, from a soldier's bittersweet search for connection, to a courtesan's silent heartbreak amid revolution, to a tangled modern romance marked by desire and fragility. In changing times, love persists, hesitant, fleeting, and achingly human. The three chapters, "A Time for Love", "A Time for Freedom", and *A Time for Youth", take the audience from the bustling streets of Dadaocheng a hundred years ago to modern-day Taipei.