The Apprentice The Apprentice

Ali Abbasi / Canada, Ireland, Denmark / 2024 / 122 min / English

The Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi dramatises Trump’s rise to power through a Faustian pact with influential right-wing lawyer Roy Cohn. As the director puts it: “A success story that could only happen in America.”

cast Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan, Catherine McNally, Charlie Carrick, Ben Sullivan, Mark Rendall, Joe Pingue, Jim Monaco

festivals, awards Cannes; Telluride; London

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