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.

Kidlat Tahimik
as Kidlat

Mang Fely
as Kaya

Dolores Santamaria
as Nanay

Georgette Baudry
as Lola

Katrin de Guia
as Mutter

Hartmut Lerch
as Big Boss

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
as Self (archive footage)

Helmut Schmidt
as Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford
as Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger
as Self (archive footage)
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Kidlat Tahimik is a charismatic Philipino jeepney driver who is obsessed with Wernher Von Braun - the former Nazi who was helping the American NASA get a rocket on Mars. It could hardly be more of a contrast between his small town existence where the only things not built of bamboo were the church a...