The family of a recently deceased Holocaust survivor filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers demanding that her interview be removed from it • "She was sure it was a serious documentary. She was shocked when she found out the truth."
"A film with a comic character that mocks the Holocaust."
Sasha Baron Cohen in "Borat 2"
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From the trailer
Bad movie: The
heirs of a Holocaust survivor filed a lawsuit against the creators and distributors of the sequel to "Borat", demanding not to include the interview with her in the movie.
The lawsuit letter filed in court this week states that the filmmakers approached Judith Dim Evans, who passed away last summer, and asked to be interviewed for the film.
This, according to her family, agreed to the request with the thought that it was a documentary of a serious nature.
"When she discovered after the interview that it was in fact a film of a comedic nature that mocks the Holocaust and Jewish culture, Mrs. Evans was shocked and upset," the lawsuit alleges.
"If she had known in advance that this is the true nature of the film and that is the purpose of the interview, she would not have agreed to be photographed for it," it was written.
Baron Cohen interviewed Evans in January 2020 as Borat, the provocative Kazakh journalist, while misrepresenting his true intentions towards Evans, who was unaware of the true nature of the film.
"Ms. Evans did not at any stage give her consent to her commercial use to promote the film," the lawsuit alleges.
An attorney for Evans' family said he has not yet watched the film itself, which has not yet been released, but he knows for sure that her interview is included in the final version of the film, and she demands it be removed.
When asked whether the deceased had signed a waiver agreement allowing producers to make use of the filmed materials as they see fit, as is usually the case in projects of this type, he declined to comment.
The lawsuit, filed by Evans' daughter, who serves as the estate's executor on behalf of the family, lists the defendants as Amazon Prime and the production company Oaks Springs.
The lawsuit stands at $ 75,000.
Among its clauses: intrusion into privacy in a false guise, cheating and use of rest and story for the purpose of generating commercial profits.
"Borat 2", the trailer for the
sequel to "Borat" ("Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm") continues the first line of the film, which was released in 2006, and is considered a box office hit with revenues of over $ 262 million.
The racist and scandal-ridden movie star Borat Sagdeev (played by actor Sasha Baron Cohen) travels around the United States to find a match for his daughter, and along the way reveals racism, ignorance and prejudice.
The film is expected to air on October 23 on Amazon Prime.
