Liberté: A Call to Spy


Liberté: A Call to Spy is a 2019 American historical drama film written and produced by Sarah Megan Thomas and directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher. The film is inspired by the true stories of three women who worked as spies in Churchill's Secret Army. It stars Sarah Megan Thomas as Virginia Hall, Radhika Apte as Noor Inayat Khan, and Stana Katic as Vera Atkins.
Liberté: A Call to Spy had its world premiere on June 21, 2019 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Plot

In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency — the Special Operations Executive — to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins, recruits two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall, an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Inspired by true stories.

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Release

Liberté: A Call to Spy had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival during the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
The film went on to win the Audience Choice Award in record numbers at Whistler Film Festival, where 97% voted for it as their favorite film, "the highest numbers since La La Land took home the prize." The film also won an award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The film was given the Anti-Defamation League Award at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival with a unanimous vote by the jury. IFC Films then acquired North American distribution rights, with an expected theatrical release in late 2020.
The film has been well reviewed by critics and well received by audiences on the festival circuit. Screen Daily noted that it was "one title to stand out."