Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Gabriel Sherman, from left, Maria Bakalova, director Ali Abbasi, Sebastian Stan , and Martin Donovan pose for photographers upon departure from premiere of the film ‘The Apprentice’ at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2024. Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court during his ongoing hush money trial, Monday, May 20, 2024, in New York.
“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.she stated that Trump raped her
. Trump denied the allegation and Ivana Trump later said she didn’t mean it literally, but rather that she had felt violated.After the premiere, Abbasi addressed the Cannes audience, saying “there is no nice metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism.” “The good people have been quiet for too long,” he said. “So I think it’s time to make movies relevant. It’s time to make movies political again.”“In the time of turmoil, there’s this tendency to look inwards, to bury your head deep in the sand, look inside and hope for the best — hope for the best, hope for the storm to get away,” Abbasi said. “But the storm is not going to get away. The storm is coming. The worst times are coming.
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