Directed by Anthony Maras, it stars Armie Hammer, Dev Patel, Nazanin Bonaidi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, with Anupam Kher, and Jason Isaacs. The Aussie film is a fictional recreation, based on hundreds of hours of first-hand research by Maras and co-writer John Collee, who interviewed survivors and witnesses of the three-day ordeal. Watch the American trailer just released by Bleecker Street here.
The film sees the guests and staff of the luxurious hotel coming together, including wealthy new parents David and Zahra (Armie Hammer and Nazanin Boniadi), Russian businessman Vasili (Jason Issacs), hotel chef (Anupam Kher) and newly promoted waiter Arjun (Dev Patel) in a desperate fight for survival.