‘Borat’ Star Maria Bakalova Says Getting Cast in Bulgaria’s ‘The Father’ Was ‘Best Day of My Life’
Also Read: 'Borat 2' Star Maria Bakalova Says 'My Heart Was Racing' During Rudy Giuliani SceneBakalova only appears in the movie in a brief photograph and in a snippet of black and white video footage seen on a TV, but her presence is felt throughout the movie. That’s because though the movie is called “The Father,” she plays the main character’s mother who passed away just as the story unfolds, and the filmmakers dedicated the film to their own mother who died and inspired the story.“The Father” follows a father and son who hear from a neighbor that their recently passed mother has called her phone from beyond the grave, leading her widow to try increasingly reckless and foolish measures to communicate with her in a spiritual seance.