Glod, Dâmboviţa

Glod is a Romanian town in the municipality Moroeni in the extreme north of the district Dâmboviţa. Literally, the name means " Glod " in Romanian " mud". The nearest towns are Sinaia, Pucioasa and Fieni. The villagers belong to the Roma minority.

Role in borate

Became famous for this Romanian village by the filming of the published in 2006 mockumentary Borat, in which she is the setting for the fictional Kazakh " Kuzcek " the hometown of the reporter Borat, which lies near Almaty, according to the actor Sacha Baron Cohen.

The villagers complained that them for the shooting only 15 lei, the equivalent of almost 5 euros were paid per day, which, according to 20th Century Fox amounts to twice the usual local wages. Some claimed to have received no payment: "We want to complain. The whole world is laughing at us. They have filmed us without paying us. " (Marin Marcel against the Reuters news agency ). This contrasts with the statement by Gregg Brilliant, a spokesman for the production company that both 20th Century Fox and Sacha Baron Cohen donated 5,000 dollars in the city and bought computers, school and office supplies. Furthermore, the residents should the true intention was withheld for the shooting and instead have been the talk of shots for a documentary about the poverty and hardship of village life, which is denied by 20th Century Fox. Residents Glods now fear targets of discrimination because of the negative impact on the image of the country due to the footage from her village to become. Therefore, target a growing number of residents of Glod in a lawsuit against Cohen and the producers of the film. On behalf of two villagers eventually filed a lawsuit against the production company 20th Century Fox in the amount of 30 million U.S. dollars by the Munich attorney Michael Wittislingen and its U.S. partner Ed Fagan filed. This, however, remained unsuccessful.

Responsible for the region around Glod Deputy Mayor Petre Buzea called the filmmakers ' cheater " and stressed ". , You have held out only after negative aspects " However, it may the shooting abgewinnen positive aspects and hopes in the future to an enhanced tourism: " We have heard from investors wishing to build ski lifts and get money from the EU. "