This film looks back at the early years of the businessman and current American presidential candidate.
The controversial Donald Trump biopic, ”
The Apprentice
»which was presented in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival last May, is revealed in a first trailer before its release next October.
« The Apprentice » depicts the early years of the billionaire. Initially portrayed as a somewhat naive social climber, Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) loses his principles as he discovers the ropes of power alongside his mentor, lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), who is closely associated with the New York mafia.
« Attack, attack, attack », « never admit anything »: during the film, Donald Trump will appropriate Roy Cohn’s maxims and take advantage of his extensive address book. He will end up turning his back on the lawyer, who is sick with AIDS.
Biopic sans concession, «
The Apprentice
» marked the Cannes Film Festival when it was presented there last May. Enough to displease the main person concerned, whose team has promised to take legal action against the film’s producers, denouncing in particular a ” purely malicious defamation ».
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In one scene, Donald Trump rapes his first wife, Ivana. He is also seen taking amphetamine pills and undergoing liposuction and surgery to cover up his hair loss. Ivana actually accused Trump of rape during their divorce proceedings, before withdrawing her accusations. She died in 2022.
To guard against attacks, the Danish-Iranian director Ali Abbasi, indicates in the preamble that many of the events depicted on screen are fictional. The script of ”
The Apprentice
» is signed by Gabriel Sherman, a journalist who followed the New York real estate market and regularly exchanged with Donald Trump in the early 2000s.
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