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.
Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 9
Spring festival earnings give film market shot in the arm
Country set to step up R&D of future
World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference 2023 opens in Nanjing
Economic blueprint enthuses MNC execs
Multinational firms swear by Shanghai on support plan for foreign R&D centers
Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 9
Shopping trend takes retail sector by storm
What's next for Iran after death of its president in crash?
Xinjiang leads growth in express deliveries