Atkins’ first two choices do little to reduce the controversy surrounding “F-Section”. American Virginia Hall’s (Sarah Megan Thomas, who also wrote the screenplay) dreams of being a diplomat have been shattered due to her prosthetic leg, while Noor Inayat Khan (
The Wedding Guest’s Radhika Apte) was a Woman’s Auxiliary Air Force wireless operator of Indian heritage, who was born in Russia.
Skeptics suggest neither will last a week, while the more hopeful give them about a 50:50 chance of returning safely.
Inspired by this real-life trio who risked their lives for their adopted homeland (the Romanian Atkins’ original surname was Rosenberg), Thomas and director Lydia Dean Pilcher (2018’s