Perfumed Nightmare

7.3(37)19791h 35m

DocumentaryComedy

Kidlat, a Filipino jeepney driver, is fascinated by the idea of the American space programme and by Western society as a whole. When he moves to Paris, disillusionment sets in as his dreams are gradually shattered.

Director

Kidlat Tahimik

Cast

Kidlat Tahimik

Kidlat

Mang Fely

Kaya

Dolores Santamaria

Nanay

Georgette Baudry

Lola

Katrin de Guia

Mutter

Hartmut Lerch

Big Boss

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Harold Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Helmut Schmidt

Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Neil Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

News and articles

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2mo ago

7.0

Kidlat Tahimik is a charismatic Philipino jeepney driver who is obsessed with Wernher Von Braun - the former Nazi who was helping the American NASA get a rocket on Mars. It could hardly be more of a contrast between his small town existence where the only things not built of bamboo were the church and the ten metre long bridge that spanned the small river near their town. This character has a fair...