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.
Devout Christian doctor, 68, who punched dementia
China's 10th National Public Ice and Snow Season launched
Spring Festival Culture Season Kicks off in Haidian District, Beijing
Across China: Young People in Hainan Passionate About Traditional Chinese Culture
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritors Bask in the Spotlight
Across China: Competition in SW China's Chongqing Inspires Students to Innovate, Start businesses
Tibetan New Year Marked with Joy and Hope
Not so Cool Britannia! Noel Gallagher gives damning verdict on Keir Starmer
China Focus: Martial Arts Growing in Popularity Among Young Chinese