Hotel Mumbai Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was the setting for the world premiere of the movie Hotel Mumbai, based on the 2008 terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India.

In his debut, the Australian director Anthony Maras recreated the 2008 terrorist attacks focusing on the one that claimed the most victims, Once Again the luxurious hotel that was the main target of the jihadists to represent the modernity of India.

The main role was in charge of the Oscar winner, Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), a British descendant of an Indian family, who characterizes one of the hotel waiters who helped hide part of the guests and find a way out. sure as a group of young people shot everything that moved.

Beyond showing the terror provoked by this half dozen young attackers inspired by the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist movement and heavily armed, director Maras highlights the delivery of hotel staff to help protect guests including a baby with only months old.

In a press conference after the screening of the tape, actor Patel said that the message of this Australian production is Ghost Town Anthology “They are not going to throw us down,” in relation to the terrorists, who destroyed the great hotel and left dozens of victims in its wake .

He added that despite the destruction, the hotel was renovated and reopened three weeks after the attack.

The TIFF continues to develop here with the screening of more than 300 films from more than 80 countries, including Mexico, with nine productions.

For next Monday the arrival of Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón is expected, who comes to Toronto after winning the Golden Lion in Venice for Rome, a semi-biography.

Last year the “route” was repeated with the Mexican Guillermo del Toro, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel who came here after winning the Golden Lion for the form of water, which led him to win the Oscar Award from the Academy of Cinematographic Sciences and Arts (AMPAS ) of the United States.

The winner Rome will have nine public, press and industry functions in Toronto, which is an unusual event in this festival that usually offers three or four screenings per film.