Mababangong Bangungot or Perfumed Nightmare is a 1977 Philippine film starring, written, and directed by Filipino filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik. It tells the story of a young Filipino taxi driver infatuated the idea of space travel and the West who gradually becomes disillusioned after living in Paris. The film was well received by critics upon release, even earning the International Film Critic's Prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
Kidlat Tahimik is a young man living in a small Filipino village crossing the bridge--"the bridge of life"--to his village. He longs to be part of the developed world, and forms the Werner von Braun fan club. When an American arrives for an aborted international conference, he gets his chance. The American asks him to come to Paris, to run his chewing-gum-ball machine concession on the streets. In Paris, and on a trip to Germany, he makes friends and discovers that progress in the developed world sacrifices important values. Backgrounded by footage of a summit meeting in Paris, and unable to return to an idealized image of his past, he stubbornly refuses to capitulate to the terms of progress, resigning from his post as head of the Werner von Braun fan club and maintaining that he will find his own way.
Director: Kidlat Tahimik.
Cast: Kidlat Tahimik, Mang Fely, Dolores Santamaria, Georgette Baudry, Katrin Muller, Hartmut Lerch.
Philippines, 1977.
Language: English.
Subtitles: Russian.
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| Mababangong Bangungot / Perfumed Nightmare. 1977. |
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