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Mababangong Bangungot or Perfumed Nightmare is a 1977 Filipino comedy-drama film starring, written and directed by Kidlat Tahimik, who also edited, co-shot, and produced it. It tells the story of a young Filipino jeepney driver from Barangay Balian , Laguna infatuated with the ideas of space travel and the West, who gradually becomes ...
Perfumed Nightmare: Directed by Kidlat Tahimik. With Mang Fely, Dolores Santamaria, Georgette Baudry, Katrin Muller. A Filipino jeepney driver (Kidlat Tahimik) who idolizes America's space program comes to reject the rapid encroachment of technology.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Kidlat Tahimik
- 1979
Feb 18, 2019 · Film review: The Perfumed Nightmare (1977) by Kidlat Tahimik. Joanna Kończak. 1 Comment. Provides the exceptional cinematic experience of changing the usual “Western” perspective.
The movie focuses on the adventures of a Filipino jeepney driver who dreams of emigrating to America and becoming an astronaut there.
Feb 16, 2022 · Mababangong Bangungot (1977) AKA Perfumed Nightmare. 4.3. ( 10) In this, his 1977 feature-film debut, director Kidlat Tahimik, who is widely regarded as the father of independent Philippine cinema, stars as a Filipino jeepney driver who wants to emigrate to America to become an astronaut.
A semi-autobiographical mockumentary/essay/travelogue, Kidlat Tahimik's Perfumed Nightmare is a funny and thoughtful critique on globalization, colonialism, capitalism, imperialism, modernity, and technology.
Feb 26, 2021 · Movies. Perfumed Nightmare. By Richard Brody. February 26, 2021. This uproariously confrontational comedy by the Filipino director Kidlat Tahimik, from 1977, is an audacious classic of...
