A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win. THE APPRENTICE is directed by award-winning Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi ( Holy Spider).  THE APPRENTICE stars Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong (Succession) as Roy Cohn and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Trump’s first wife, Ivana. 

“It feels like one of the first performances of this year’s Cannes that has true Oscar potential. That is, if the entire prospect of this movie doesn’t scare people away” – The Daily Beast