The Apprentice
dir. Ali Abbasi · 2024
The pursuit of success often leads individuals to compromise their values and relationships in a relentless quest for power.
A young Donald Trump navigates the cutthroat world of 1970s New York, drawn into the orbit of Roy Cohn, a lawyer whose ruthless ambition shapes the future of American politics. Watching this film is like stepping into a shadowy realm where ambition and morality clash, revealing the dark underbelly of success and the cost of power.
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion 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.
