This film could have a decisive influence on the US election: “The Apprentice” is scheduled to be released in cinemas before the election on November 5th. One scene in particular shocked the film’s first viewers at film festivals – and portrays Trump in a malicious light.
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The film by director Ali Abbasi has now had its US premiere – it is unclear whether it will be released in cinemas nationwide soon. It was shown to the public for the first time in Cannes in May. Donald Trump’s team wants to prevent mass spread in the USA at all costs.
Unscrupulous rise in New York – one scene is particularly controversial
The film biography shows the rise of the younger Donald Trump (now 78 years old) in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. With the help of the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn, he builds up a real estate business – and becomes increasingly unscrupulous. In the end he abandons his mentor Cohn, who has AIDS.
The biopic is not only about Trump’s lousy business practices, but he is also shown as a bad person in his private life. One scene in which Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) rapes his first wife Ivana is said to be particularly shocking.
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Did Ivana Trump’s rape really happen?
Ivana Trump actually claimed in a 1989 divorce affidavit that he raped her. She later withdrew this accusation. The question can no longer be finally clarified – she died in 2022 at the age of 73 after falling down the stairs.
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In any case, the Trump team wants to prevent the film from further damaging the presidential candidate’s image before the US election and is threatening legal action. This is intended to prevent screenings in US cinemas or sales in the USA. A Trump spokesman called the film “garbage” and “pure fiction” in a statement. Old lies about the politician would be exaggerated again.
