Glod, Dâmboviţa

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Coordinates: 45°14′29″N 25°27′2″E / 45.24139, 25.45056
Glod
Glod Location of Glod, Dâmboviţa
Country	Romania
County	Dâmboviţa County
Status	Village
Government
- Mayor	Iordan Constantin (Social Democratic Party)
Population
- Total	1,513
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Glod is a Roma^[1] village in the commune of Moroeni, Dâmboviţa County, Romania, having a population of 1,513. Its name means "mud" in Romanian. It is located near the towns of Pucioasa and Fieni.

[edit] Role in Borat

Glod 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 that they were told the film would be a documentary about the hardships of village life.^[2] 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^[3]. 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 Todorache and Spiridon Ciorbea, have hired the services of Edward 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. ^[4]