Perfumed Nightmare

1979 PG-13 1h 35m

7.3 / 10 40

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7.3/10

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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

Writers

Kidlat Tahimik Kidlat Tahimik Kidlat Tahimik

Stars

Kidlat Tahimik Mang Fely Dolores Santamaria

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)

Documentary Comedy

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Geronimo1967 31 Jan 2026

7/10

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...