Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Borat returns to the United States and this time he's more outrageous than ever. *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* (2020) is not just a sequel: it's a satire missile disguised as an absurd documentary, and it works because Sacha Baron Cohen is not afraid to burn bridges. The most famous Kazakh in cinema —or at least the only one— returns with his teenage daughter, played by the unknown but brilliant Maria Bakalova, and together they turn the journey into a circus of uncomfortable situations that expose prejudices, hypocrisy, and the surrealism of Trump's America.

It's no coincidence that it took home the Golden Globe for Best Comedy or Musical Movie. The film avoids the risk of repetition with a script that mixes improvisation with calculated moments: from the interview with lawyer Rudy Giuliani in a hotel room —a moment that's already cinema history— to the attempt to give Mike Pence a coronavirus-infected monkey. Each scene is a low blow disguised as a joke, and it hurts more because, deep down, we all know that reality surpasses fiction.

The best part is not just the humor, but how the character of Borat becomes almost endearing. Cohen manages to make the audience laugh at situations that, in another context, would be depressing. And that's the trick: comedy as a political weapon. It's not a movie to laugh at without a care; it's to laugh and then be left with the feeling that something is off. Or worse: that everything fits together too well.

Borat 2 is a Molotov cocktail of satire that burns to the bone. Sacha Baron Cohen shows no mercy: uncomfortable, necessary, and wilder than the original.

" My daughter is a virgin and very good at math! Do you want to marry her? — Borat Sagdiyev

" It's the Chinese virus! Bats brought it! — Borat Sagdiyev