With Megalopolis, The Substance, Oh, Canada, Kinds of Kindness and the upcoming Palme d’Or with Anora, he was one of the American contenders selected in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival: The Apprentice of Ali Abbas (Les Nuits of). Mashhad), a biopic that explores the rise of Donald Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) and how lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) shaped the character we know today.
Well-received on the Croisette, it didn’t walk away with a prize from the awards ceremony, but the feature film didn’t generate as much buzz as expected in this presidential election year. Worse: Its release is now in jeopardy because no distributor has picked it up, including streaming platforms like Netflix or AppleTV+.
A reluctance that could be explained by the lawsuit that Stephen Cheng, a spokesman for Donald Trump, is facing against the film. “We will take legal action to address the patently false statements made by these alleged filmmakers.”– he said variety On May 20, when The Apprentice was presented in Cannes.
“This film is pure fiction, presenting false facts that have long since been discovered”He added, no doubt referring to the scene where Donald Trump rapes his wife Ivana (Maria Bakalova), which elicited no reaction. And one that might have resonated with the release of The Apprentice during the final sprint of the race for the White House.
This film is a pure fiction that portrays false facts that have long since been discovered
On the Croisette, Ali Abbasi hypothesized an American release on Wednesday, September 10, the day of the second televised debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, only to have his film clash with current events. But that’s not the case today, with The Apprentice team believing that “Difficulties in obtaining a distribution contract amount to censorship”as it is written variety.
“They say these companies are acting out of fear because the release of the film could put them in Mr. Trump’s earshot, which is potentially dangerous given that he is currently ahead of President Biden in the polls.” If he returns to the White House, Mr. Trump could retaliate by using his position to block or slow down transactions while calling on various regulatory agencies to take a closer look at their activities.
Distributor but no date in France
Will things unravel (or get worse) on July 11, the day Donald Trump is sentenced after pleading guilty to accounting fraud to conceal payments to buy the silence of ex-porn star Stormi Daniels, who claimed she had sex. him?
On the French side, The Apprentice has a distributor (Metropolitan FilmExport, which released Les Nuits de Mashhad), but no date yet. And it is possible that it depends on the American release.
Source: Allocine
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