Perfumed Nightmare

Perfumed Nightmare

Perfumed Nightmare

7.2/ 10

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1979

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95 min

Runtime

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Keywords

mockumentary

jeepney

apathetic

condescending

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Cast

Kidlat Tahimik

Kidlat Tahimik

Kidlat

Mang Fely

Kaya

Dolores Santamaria

Nanay

Georgette Baudry

Lola

Katrin de Guia

Mutter

Hartmut Lerch

Big Boss

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self (archive footage)

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

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CinemaSerf

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@Geronimo1967

January 31, 2026

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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 a…