# Perfumed Nightmare (1979)

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**Original title**: *Mababangong Bangungot*
**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Documentary, Comedy
**Directed by**: Kidlat Tahimik
**Written by**: Kidlat Tahimik
**Starring**: Kidlat Tahimik, Mang Fely, Dolores Santamaria, Georgette Baudry, Katrin de Guia, Hartmut Lerch

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A whimsical look at post-colonialism, as if through a kaleidoscope. A Filipino driver, obsessed with the West, gets to sample its delights firsthand in Paris. The film manages to be funny and sad, sometimes at the same time.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider, playful

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