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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.
A jeepney driver from the Philippines travels to Europe and rejects Western technology and culture. The film is a personal statement by director Kidlat Tahimik, who was a consultant to the OECD in Paris.
Feb 18, 2019 · The“Perfumed Nightmare” was his creative testing ground. In his memorable debut, Kidlat Tahimik drifted away from the established narrative conventions and combined a cinéma-vérité with fictionized sequences, a docudrama, semi-autobiographical elements, a fable, and a film essay.
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.
Feb 26, 2021 · This uproariously confrontational comedy by the Filipino director Kidlat Tahimik, from 1977, is an audacious classic of independent filmmaking. Tahimik also stars, as a puckish character of...
A semi-autobiographical mockumentary about a Filipino jeepney driver who moves to Paris and is disillusioned by Western society. The film is a playful critique of colonialism, globalization and neoliberalism, with a unique style and humor.
Jun 28, 2018 · Availability: Worldwide. Produced and directed by Kidlat Tahimik, this brilliant semi-autobiographical fable tells the story of a young Filipino born in 1942 (during the Occupation), his awakening to, and reaction against, American cultural colonialism.
