Moroeni

Moroeni
—  Commune  —
Moroeni Location of Moroeni, Dâmboviţa
Coordinates: 45°14′29″N 25°27′2″E / 45.24139°N 25.45056°E / 45.24139; 25.45056
Country	Romania
County	Dâmboviţa County
Status	Commune
Government
- Mayor	Iordan Constantin (Social Democratic Party)
Population
- Total	4,999
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Moroeni is a commune in Dâmboviţa County, southern Romania, with a population of 5,000 people.

Villages

The commune is composed of six villages: Dobreşti, Glod, Lunca, Moroeni, Muşcel and Pucheni.

Geography

The village name of Glod means "mud" in Romanian. The village is located near the towns of Pucioasa and Fieni.

Role in Borat

Glod, a Roma Gypsy village, was a shooting location for the mockumentary film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, representing Borat's home village of Kuzcek, Kazakhstan. The villagers were paid the equivalent of four U.S. dollars a day each for their appearances and were told the film would be a documentary about the hardships of village life.^[1] According to 20th Century Fox, the movie’s nature was obvious to everyone since it included blatantly ridiculous scenes like one of a cow inside someone’s house.^[2]

Fox claims that the production team and star Sacha Baron Cohen each donated $5,000 to the town, as well as paid a location fee, and bought computers, school and office supplies for the residents. In the film, some of the villagers are depicted as rapists, abortionists, and prostitutes for Baron's comedy movie. Two residents of Glod, Nicolae Tudorache and Spiridon Ciorbea, hired the services of Ed Fagan to sue the producers of the film. The lawsuit was thrown out by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in a hearing in early December 2006 on the ground that the charges were too vague to stand up in court. Fagan plans to refile.^[3]

See also

• Roma in Romania

External links

• Borat 'villagers' demanding $30m from BBC News

References

1. ^ Salon.com, "What's Real in Borat?"
2. ^ "Irish-American law firm to defend makers of Borat"
3. ^ "NYC Judge Questions Viability Of Villagers' 'Borat' Lawsuit"

Coordinates: 45°13′N 25°26′E / 45.217°N 25.433°E / 45.217; 25.433