The Apprentice, about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes

Sebastian Stan (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

While Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, unveiling a scathing portrait of the former president in the 1980s.

The Apprentice, directed by the Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Mr Trump.