Was 'Borat' Really Filmed in Kazakhstan? Surprising Details About the Mockumentary

Oct. 22 2020, Updated 12:50 p.m. ET

His name is Borat... and he is coming back to America.

Sacha Baron Cohen once again dons the mustache, go well with, and accessory just about 15 years later for the film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan aka Borat 2.

The mockumentary film follows the Kazakhstan journalist (Cohen) as he and his daughter head to the United States in the midst of the coronavirus (often referred to as COVID-19) pandemic and the political divide taking place in America with the impending 2020 presidential election. In the trailer, we see Borat try to present his daughter to Vice President Mike Pence and even quarantine with alt-right republicans. 

The 2d installment of the controversial film is already prompting headlines. 

While audiences know that one of the most movie was shot in Los Angeles, Greenville, and other locations across the U.S., viewers are questioning if the scenes in Borat's village were in truth filmed in Kazakhstan. Keep studying to determine more.

Was 'Borat' really filmed in Kazakhstan?

In 2006, the film opened with the TV personality showing audience around his "home" and his village in the rustic of Kazakhstan. But, according to the Dailymail, Borat was now not filmed in Kazakhstan, but in a small Romanian village referred to as Glod. 

With only 1,000 residents, no sewage or operating water, the townspeople portrayed in the first film have been reportedly no longer privy to the inside jokes that were being made at their expense. 

Overall, Borat's sister aka "number 4 prostitute in all of Kazakhstan," the town abortionist, and and many others., were reportedly natives who had been paid just 3 euros to seem on-screen.

Following the movie's release, a lawsuit was reportedly filed against twentieth Century Fox and Sacha for a way they have been portrayed in the movie. With many Glod residents reportedly dissatisfied, it's not likely that the comedic actor returned to shoot Borat 2 scenes there.

The people of Kazakhstan do not like Borat. Period.

When audiences became acutely aware of "Borat," Kazakh's were not so thrilled about how their nation was being portrayed. Kazakh government spokesman Roman Vassilenko informed ABC News in 2006, "Mr. Cohen could not have been more wrong when he chose Kazakhstan as a home country for his mythical, misogynist and anti-Semitic reporter." Adding, "I am offended and the people of Kazakhstan are offended by the choice."

While the comedic actor has been praised for the return of his iconic personality, no longer everyone is extremely joyful. "This movie (although I wouldn’t call this a movie) is an absolute disgrace to my country and my people. Some of you may find it funny or as joke, but TO US, the citizens of Kazakhstan, it really hurts our feelings," one person commented on Sacha's Instagram page. 

The social media user continued:  "As a country that is not so much famous among other nations, we work hard to earn recognition in the world. We don’t want to be recognized [because] of Borat, bc everything in the movie is NOT TRUE. I don’t want to be asked every time I introduce myself if everything in the movie is real and we live in that bad conditions. ... That’s why before praising something double check if it doesn’t hurt anyone else." 

Borat 2 premieres on Amazon Prime on Oct. 23.

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