Trump-pum

In the Cannes competition, the film "Pupil" of the Swedish director of Iranian origin Ali Abbasi about the thorny path to the golden throne Donald Trump

After the young Limonov, we were shown young Trump. After the American hits of the fate of the Ski poet, who turned into a man of war, a straightforward, banal story of the 45th President of the United States in the New York Real Estate market in the seventies and eighties.

And if Limonov’s desires and dreams are bizarre zigzags, which you do not have time to follow, then Trump’s desires are a concentrate of the American dream: to get rich, enter the elite of billionaires, become famous. And along the way - to win the real estate market.

We meet with Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan), when he wanders from the door to the door along the corridors of the residential complex of his dad Fred on the Trump Village horses, pounding these doors, literally knocks out the apartment for apartments: they insult him ... send ... doused. Nothing, he will return. At this time, the Trump family is under investigation of the government on charges of racial discrimination of black tenants. “I am a xenophobe? - the senior Trump is indignant. - Yes, I have a black driver! ”

And soon, the modest man, Donald, meets Roy Kon (Jeremy Strong), one of the most famous lawyers in New York. Kon is a remarkable personality. The politician and the “Big White Shark”, the famous conservative lawyer, one of the leaders and the “Witch Hunts” motor, which was fame in the anti -communist and homophobic battle of Senator McCarthy.

Kon Strong - a sedentary king of backstage decisions - Trump at first he almost does not notice. And he terribly wants to win the attention of the most influential reservoir lawyer. Trump ingratiatingly asks for advice on how his family avoid pursuit and accusations of discriminating blacks. “I would say that they roll to hell,” the lawyer answers calmly. “And I would have arranged a real war in court.” Thus began the friendship of a mentor with a young impressionable, ambitious and decisive blond. Kon introduces Trump to billionaires, politicians, dubious, but influential people. Gaev’s persecutor, as often happens, homosexual, invites Donald to his depraved parties. It is the end that forces the city to abolish taxes on the Hyatt group so that Trump can finally build its first luxurious hotel. Donald finds wings.

He even begins to respect all the despising dad. And he himself is trying to win the heart and hand of Ivan Zelnichkova (Maria Bakalova), a Czech model, striving to become a designer of interiors. Rejecting at first an assertive insolent. But he no longer knows the word “no” and takes any fortress with an attack.

The wealth of Trump, his real estate, his empire grows quite quickly and swells quickly and swells, and in parallel - the ego and self -confidence.

He cuts off his older brother Fred, who, for the sake of a dream - to become a pilot - left the family business, but he could not cope with his father’s pressure, began to drink. Over time, Trump loses interest in Ivan, he is attracted by younger bodies. What does not interfere with his wife’s remarks, humiliated by caustic, rape her on the floor of their vast apartment in Trump Tower (then they both will deny this incident).

Closer to the finale, he tears relations with the horn weakened and dying from AIDS, of course, publicly refuting that he has HIV.

Well, in the code - purely Trump's gesture: he demonstrates his wolf power, wealth to the weakened mentor. And most importantly - its superiority. He is healthy, strong, the whole world in front of his feet. He can even afford a luxurious gift to the teacher for his birthday - cufflinks with diamonds. The strokeled Kon almost believed until Ivan whispered that Trump had such trousers with zirconium - a dozen. This is the story of the transformation of the notorious protege of the Devil's lawyer into a cynical narcissistic policy, an alpha-Magnat, which blows any obstacles on his way.

Cinema Abbasi, absolutely obvious from the very beginning, does not surprise. The best in it is the game of the incomparable Jeremy Strong (“Heirs”) as Frankenstein, creating his monster. At first, a demonic secret ruler, who was tugging at the threads of politicians, mayors, and officials of the highest rank, is almost motionless, like sleepy boales. In the final - in gilded Trump Dancakes - a miserable, looking at his “work” from the bottom up a half -dead mentor. The student surpassed the teacher in unprecedented soullessness, complacency and the implementation of his three rules of victory at all costs: to deny everything during the accusations, to make his way through any prohibitions, to win at all costs

Alas, Trump Stan does not have enough depths, no acuteness, nor caricature, which is at least excretion from a real ex-president.

One of the strong scenes (referring to a reference five-minute episode with a parallel installation in the “godfather”, when the hero Al Pacino in the church baptizes his nephew, the Batteness refuses the devil, and his henchmen kill competitors at that time)-the alternation of the horseman funeral with the plastic surgery of Trump hair). The goblin should always be young ... even when old and bald.

The name of the film "Student" repeats the name of the business reality show, which Trump led and was a co-producer for 14 seasons. He, like no one, feels the power of television power and used it in his presidential company. And the body of the successful oligarch, who deserved the right to behave defiantly, literally stuck to his image invented in the case.

It is a pity, Ali Abbasi (“Shelley”, “on the border of the worlds”) and his co -authors did not figure out how to brightly and freshly tell about Trump’s path to his billion and skyscrapers of power. How to describe the insatitude of a casino lover and beauty contests. The film “Student” lacks sparkling rock and roll energy, which was, for example, in the picture “amazing” Sorrentino about Julio Andreotti. Where the Italian policy balanced between Catholic Messa and Party with dwarfs and whores.

After the show, the journalists asked if the film Abbasi Trump’s election race would interfere. Of course not, politicians of such a variety - any additional advertising - with a plus or minus, does not matter - will only add to a piggy bank. And which PR is better than the screen of the Cannes Film Festival?

Donald Trump plans to sue the creators of the Bayopic "Student" with Sebastian Stan.

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