Mababangong Bangungot

1977
1h 33m

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A Filipino jeepney driver (Kidlat Tahimik) who idolizes America's space program comes to reject the rapid encroachment of technology.A Filipino jeepney driver (Kidlat Tahimik) who idolizes America's space program comes to reject the rapid encroachment of technology.A Filipino jeepney driver (Kidlat Tahimik) who idolizes America's space program comes to reject the rapid encroachment of technology.

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6.9/10

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Awards
- 4 wins total

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9/10

A sweet/sad odyssey told with great charm and imagination.

Tahimik is the delightful narrator of the story of his dream to become the first Phillipino in outer space. With elements of ethnography, history, biography and travelog this story is assembled from home-movie quality footage and radio snippets (plus Tahimik's voice-over) with great imagination and tenderness. From bamboo village to modern Paris and back, this a sweet/sad tale of clashing with the modern world, and the need for home.

kolster
Aug 12, 2002
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Trivia
In the scene in Germany, the pregnant woman who goes into labor in the back of the jeepney was played by Kidlat's real life wife Katrin De Guia and the child she was carrying was their first child Kidlat De Guia. In the film, you can hear the woman say his full name, Kidlat Gottlieb Kalaayan.

Goofs
When Kidlat proudly displays his envelope supposedly from Voice of America in Washington DC, it has an American stamp but no postmark. Therefore, it could not have been mailed from the US or any other country.