Feature film starring Sebastian Stan (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, hits theaters in October
Diamond Films Brasil announced that it will release The Apprenticenew film by Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider), which tells the story of Donald Trumpformer president of the United States, in Brazilian cinemas.
The production, which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars Sebastian Stanwhich interprets Bucky Barnesthe Winter Soldierin the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
What we know about The Apprentice?
According to the official synopsis of The Apprentice — which references the reality show The Apprenticepresented by Donald Trump between 2004 and 2015 —, the feature film “traces the origins of an American dynasty”. The text also says that the production is “filled with great characters [e] reveals the moral and human cost of a culture defined by winners and losers.”
Gabriel Shermanauthor of the biography The Loudest Voice in the Room (2014), about the founder of Fox News, Roger Ailesis responsible for the script for the film, which also features Maria Bakalovaof Death Death Death (2022), as Ivana Trumpex-wife of Trump; and Jeremy Strongof Succession (2018-2023), as the lawyer Roy Cohnknown for working alongside the senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s in government anti-communist investigations. Watch the trailer:
Trump claims film contains false information
After the screening of The Apprentice in Cannes, the communications director of the new campaign Trump to the presidency of the United States, Steven Cheungstated that he will take legal action against “blatantly false claims from these fake filmmakers”. “This garbage is pure fiction, which sensationalizes lies that have long since been debunked”stated to AFP [via O Globo].
Among the scenes that would be the target of protests Trump and his team there is one that shows the businessman doing liposuction; another addressing a problem of erectile dysfunction Trump; and a third, considered the most controversial of the work, depicting the alleged rape committed against his ex-wife, Ivanaafter she belittled him for becoming “fat and bald.”
The scene was inspired by a statement given by Ivana in 1990, when he was divorcing Trump. At the time, she claimed that she had been sexually abused by her ex-husband. However, a few years later, she denied the incident and said that, in fact, they were good friends.
When does it premiere? The Apprentice in Brazil?
Scheduled to premiere in North American theaters on October 11, The Apprentice hits Brazilian cinemas just one week later, on October 17. Check out the announcement from Diamond Films Brasil, along with the first national poster for the new film:
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