'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
Release time：2024-05-21 19:37:19 Source：Global Gaze news portal
CANNES, France (AP) — While Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, unveiling a scathing portrait of the former president in the 1980s.
“The Apprentice,” directed by the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. The central relationship of the movie is between Trump and Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the defense attorney who was chief counsel to Joseph McCarthy’s 1950s Senate investigations.
Cohn is depicted as a longtime mentor to Trump, coaching him in the ruthlessness of New York City politics and business. Early on, Cohn aided the Trump Organization when it was being sued by the federal government for racial discrimination in housing.
“The Apprentice,” which is labeled as inspired by true events, portrays Trump’s dealings with Cohn as a Faustian bargain that guided his rise as a businessman and, later, as a politician. Stan’s Trump is initially a more naive real-estate striver, soon transformed by Cohn’s education.
- Previous：Kosovo prepares a new draft law on renting prison cells to Denmark after the first proposal failed
- Next：Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26
Related articles
- Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
- Tākaka man who died in mysterious circumstances named
- US Assessing Expansion of Chip Export Controls Impacting China's Military
- Muhammad Ali's 'Thrilla in Manila' trunks expected to sell for $10m
- Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature
- Doctors call for engineered stone ban
- No compensation for man imprisoned longer than sentence
- Mideast tensions loom ahead of Biden meeting with Iraqi PM al
- Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf is spotted on the streets of Gavin and Stacey's hometown Barry
- Hong Kong protest: police arrest pro
- Travis Kelce downs whiskey shot on slice of bread at Kelce Jam without Taylor Swift
- Weather expected to worsen in NSW, Queensland
- Fire crews put out Ōtaki workshop blaze
- Let's Get Wellington Moving project 'a bit of a disaster'
- Kate Hudson hits the stage to debut songs from her new album Glorious at star
- Jessica Boyce: Police offer $100k reward in Blenheim cold case
- Weather expected to worsen in NSW, Queensland
- Glacier survey paints stark picture as ice and snow disappear
- Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia
- No firm date for reopening of Picton's Dublin Street
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by 'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes ,Global Gaze news portal sitemap