Donald Trump’s lawyers called the film “pure malicious fiction.” And promised to sue him. That didn’t seem to faze Ali Abbasi, director of “The Apprentice,” when we met him in a Parisian palace in mid-September, looking very cool in shorts, sneakers and a t-shirt branded “Attack.” Attack. Attack.” “We’ll see,” smiles the 43-year-old Danish filmmaker of Iranian origin. My co-writer and I received a letter from Trump’s team, which accused us of wanting to interfere in the presidential election and of being paid by foreign governments. »
The Republican candidate for the November 5 presidential election has not yet seen “The Apprentice.” “I would have liked to show him the film,” smiles Ali Abbasi again. It would be fun to see how he reacts. » Hilarious and edifying, the feature film depicts Donald Trump beginning his career in real estate, in New York, in the 1970s. This heir filled with ambition wants to “take New York and make it great again”. While the city is devastated by poverty and crime, he embarks on a crazy bet: the construction of a luxury hotel with 1,500 rooms, the Trump Tower.