Presidential candidate Donald Trump is sensationally depicted raping his wife Ivana in a film that premiered in Cannes tonight.
The Apprentice stars actor Sebastian Stan Trump as a younger man and Succession star Jeremy Strong plays his fixer Roy Cohn.
The film, which will be shown at the festival, tells the story of the end of his marriage to Ivana, and shows how she offers him a book on how to be a better lover.
Trump tells her that he no longer finds her attractive. He rapes her and then asks, “Did I find your g-spot?”
In a 1989 divorce decree, Ivana made an accusation of rape, but withdrew it in 2015. She has now passed away.
In The Apprentice, actor Sebastian plays Stan Trump as a younger man (photo)
Ivana (photo, left) was married to Donald Trump (photo, right) from 1977 to 1990
Donald Trump and Melania (pictured, right) seen at Ivana’s funeral in 2022
It is now reported that the film’s makers are in a dispute with one of its financiers, billionaire Dan Snyder, a Trump supporter and former donor to his campaign.
The Apprentice sees Sebastian Stan play the role of Trump during the blossoming early years of his business career, particularly his working relationship with controversial lawyer Roy Cohn, who died in 1986 from an AIDS-related illness.
Production on The Apprentice began in late November. The film follows Trump in the 1970s and 1980s as he attempts to establish his real estate empire on the properties owned by his father Fred Trump.
The Apprentice is directed by Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi, who shot the critically acclaimed Persian-language crime thriller Holy Spider, which was released in 2022.
Successor Jeremy Strong, who will play disgraced – and ultimately disbarred – lawyer Roy Cohn, will feature prominently as the younger Trump’s mentor. He was later disbarred in 1986 for defrauding a dying client.
In Ivana Trump’s 1990 divorce decree (pictured, left), she stated that Mr. Trump raped her
Ivana Trump later said she didn’t mean it literally, but that she felt violated
Oscar-nominated actress Maria Bakalova plays Trump’s late ex-wife Ivana Trump in her younger years.
Variety initially reported that the film’s title would be The Student, adding that a logline for the upcoming film described it as “an exploration of power and ambition in a world of corruption and deceit.”
“It’s a mentor-protégé story that charts the origins of an American dynasty. Filled with larger-than-life characters, it reveals the moral and human cost of a culture defined by winners and losers.”
The screenplay for the film was written by Gabriel Sherman, author of the 2014 book The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News – and Divided a Country.
In a 1993 statement, she said, “In 1989, Mr. Trump and I had a marital relationship in which he behaved toward me very differently than he did during our marriage.”
Former President Donald Trump returns from lunch to his trial in Manhattan Criminal Court
In Ivana Trump’s 1990 divorce decree, she stated that Trump had raped her. She claimed Trump pushed her to the ground and pulled out several handfuls of her hair.
Trump denied the accusation and Ivana Trump later said she didn’t mean it literally, but that she felt violated.
In a 1993 statement, she said: “At one time in 1989, Mr. Trump and I had marital relations in which he behaved toward me very differently than he had during our marriage.
“As a woman, I felt violated… I called this rape, but I don’t want my words to be interpreted literally or criminally.”