Terror, Tragedy, Truth: Anthony Maras' 'Hotel Mumbai'

In his gripping debut feature, Anthony Maras interweaves masterful portrayals by an ensemble cast with real-life accounts and archival material to recount the gruesome events of the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. By foregrounding – and remaining faithful to – the stories of actual people who lived through the siege, the film fulfils the twin duties of offering testimony and telling an engaging story, writes Felicity Ford.

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