Cinemaconcrancorrendo in the Oscar, Donald Trump’s biography was criticized by his own

After several postponements because of the fires that hit Los Angeles in early January, the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences finally released the nominees to the 97th edition of Oscarwhich happens in March.

The announcement made this Thursday (January 23) brought, for example, the Brazilian feature I’m still here competing in three categories.

Another name that appeared on the gym list was Sebastian Stanwho will compete for the best actor award for the movie The Apprenticean unauthorized biography controversy of the president of the United States, Donald Trump.

Trump disapproves of biography

Despite recognition by the organization of the Oscar, The Apprentice was disapproved by Trumpreelected in 2024. In October last year, still during the presidential campaign, he criticized production:

It is a cheap, defamatory and politically disgusting work done before the 2024 presidential election to try to harm the largest political movement in our country’s history: ‘Making America big again’! “

After displaying The Apprentice at this year’s Cannes Festival, in May, the Communication Director of the Trump the presidency of the United States, Steven CheungHe said he would file a lawsuit against “flagrantly false statements of these false filmmakers.” “This garbage is pure fiction, which has been sensational lies that have long been unmasked,” he told AFP [via O Globo].

Among the scenes that would be the target of the protests of Trump And your team is one that shows the entrepreneur doing a liposuction; another addressing a problem of erectile dysfunction of Trump; and a third, considered the most controversial of the work, portraying the alleged rape committed against his ex-wife, Ivanaafter her belittling him for being “fat and bald”.

The scene was inspired by a statement given by Ivana In 1990, when I was divorced from Trump. At the time, she said she was sexually abused by her ex-husband. However, a few years later, she denied the event and said that they were actually good friends.

The reaction of the president may have impaired the film’s performance at the box office, as the film raised about $ 17 million, just one million above his own budget.

Watch the trailer of The Apprentice Following:

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