1917 in 2020

The film 1917 with Bill was a nice distraction, with its long takes and subtle anti-war message. 

I will say, though, that the film managed to include only one woman character, a French mother whose speech was untranslated, suggesting even she did not have a voice. 

Director Sam Mendes sees the film as a tribute to relatives who fought in the war. But I just wonder when women’s stories might be as compelling for male directors. 

I think, for example, they could easily make a series of films about the valor of women nurses from the Crimean War forward. Why not move from the real Florence Nightingale to the fictional Anne Taylor sleuth and nurse, Hester Latterly (with their Crimean War experiences)? Stories could continue into later 19^th C. and the entire 20^th.