Perfumed Nightmare

1979 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 957 VOTES · DIR. Kidlat Tahimik

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 494 lines

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00:00:14 This is the bridge to our village.
00:03:36 Today I am still trying to make that final crossing...
00:10:53 The book is called Man's Conquest of Space.
00:12:33 It is said that when the Americans were bombing the Japanese in the war
00:14:59 one gee-ant leap...
00:17:30 I lost my fear of flying machines, and we became friends.
00:20:02 Visitors can walk through a Skylab
00:23:31 to discuss international inflation.
00:27:48 And there is the need of African nations to achieve progress.
00:33:34 I think...
00:36:33 As he sang the sweet song of victory
00:39:07 Kidlat, when the typhoon blows off...
00:44:10 I need six passport photos.
00:49:19 And last year the thread mask - how sexy!
00:56:16 Dearest Mama, I arrived safely in Paris.
00:58:21 Bastille: That's the communist quartier!
01:02:04 "Your mother is wise to know...
01:04:18 First the chewing gum...
01:09:34 There was this pregnant Bavarian girl. She taught me a German word.
01:15:13 And I felt I was getting lighter... and lighter, and lighter!
01:18:15 That is why we have no progress!
01:20:25 for a souvenir.
01:22:59 If the small chimneys work, why the super chimneys?
01:27:48 This resignation is absolute irrevocable.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed494
Dialogue density5.3 lines / min
First line00:00:14
Final line01:27:48

Production Record

DirectorKidlat Tahimik
LanguageTL
IMDb votes957