The Apprentice, a new fictional biopic based on Donald Trump, features scenes of “rape, erectile dysfunction, baldness and betrayal”. On Monday it received an eight-minute standing ovation from celebrities and movie moguls at Cannes, a glittery film festival in the south of France that awards the coveted Palm D’Or award for the best film showing there each year. The movie’s Iranian-Danish director, Ali Abbasi, was so pleased with the reaction that he jumped up and down, dishevelling his tuxedo. “There is no nice metaphorical way to deal with fascism,” the director said. “It’s time to make movies relevant. It’s time to make movies political again.”
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