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 Trump in the 1980s.
바카라The Apprentice,바카라 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.
바카라The Apprentice,바카라 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.
The film is for sale in Cannes, so it doesn't yet have a release date.
Variety on Monday reported alleged behind-the-scenes drama surrounding 바카라The Apprentice.바카라 Citing anonymous sources, the trade publication reported that billionaire Dan Snyder, the former owner of the Washington Commanders and an investor in 바카라The Apprentice,바카라 has pressured the filmmakers to edit the film over its portrayal of Trump. Snyder previously donated to Trump's presidential campaign.
Neither representatives for the film nor Snyder could immediately be reached for comment.
In the press notes for the film, Abbasi, whose previous film 바카라Holy Spider바카라 depicts a female journalist investigating a serial killer in Iran, said he didn't set out to make 바카라a History Channel episode.바카라
바카라This is not a biopic of Donald Trump," said Abbasi. "We're not interested in every detail of his life going from A to Z. We're interested in telling a very specific story through his relationship with Roy and Roy's relationship with him.바카라
Regardless of its political impact, 바카라The Apprentice바카라 is likely to be much discussed as a potential awards contender. The film, shot in a gritty '80s aesthetic, returns Strong to a New York landscape of money and power a year following the conclusion of HBO's 바카라Succession.바카라 Strong, who's currently performing on Broadway in 바카라An Enemy of the People,바카라 didn't attend the Cannes premiere Monday.
바카라The Apprentice바카라 is playing in competition in Cannes, making it eligible for the festival's top award, the Palme d'Or. At Cannes, filmmakers and casts hold press conferences the day after a movie's premiere. 바카라The Apprentice바카라 press conference will be Tuesday.
